Sens. Joe Manchin and Pat Toomey will unveil a bipartisan deal to expand background checks for commercial gun sales at a press conference Wednesday morning.
The agreement could give enough political cover for enough Republicans to vote Thursday and exceed the 60 vote requirement needed to allow the Senate to proceed to what would be an emotional floor debate on gun control legislation.
The deal would close the so-called gun show loophole, requiring that background checks are conducted on all commercial gun sales in the country, according to a fact sheet of the bill obtained by POLITICO from a representative of one of the gun control groups involved in the talks.
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