President Barack Obama has lashed out at senators who blocked a bipartisan plan to support expanded background checks on firearms.
At the White House, Obama said that it was a pretty shameful day for Washington, vowing to continue efforts on tighter gun restrictions.
According to the BBC, the plan was blocked on a 54-46 vote, six votes short of the 60-vote hurdle needed to clear the chamber.
Gun rights groups hailed the defeat of the measure, arguing it would violate the right to bear arms.
The proposal, put forward as an amendment to a broader gun bill, sought to widen the current checks to include online and unlicensed gun show dealers, the report said.
Obama is campaigning for tighter gun laws after 26 people died in a school shooting in Connecticut in December.
Obama argued those who voted against the Manchin-Toomey plan had been led only by politics.
Plans for a ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines have already been removed from the gun-control bill, amid lack of political support. Similar measures failed as amendments on Wednesday, the report added. (ANI)