The Latest: Senate halts GOP plan on guns, terror suspects

The Senate has voted to stop legislation that would have closed the gun show loophole and expanded background checks.

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles Grassley had sponsored the bill to increase money for the background check system.

A survivor of the 2007 mass shooting at Virginia Tech and the daughter of the principal killed in the 2012 elementary school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, are walking the halls of the Senate to urge reluctant senators to support stronger gun control.

The two are lobbying for stricter background checks and more restrictions on suspected terrorists buying guns.

Republican Sen. Kelly Ayotte says she will support a Democratic amendment to allow the government to ban the sale of guns to suspected terrorists, a reversal after voting against a similar version in December.

New Hampshire is home to some of the nation's most lenient gun laws, but Ayotte's approval rating fell after she voted against expanding background checks following the shooting in Newtown, Connecticut.

Texas Sen. John Cornyn, the No. 2 Republican in the Senate, said Monday that Collins' proposal is problematic because it would immediately prohibit the sale of guns to people on the government's no fly list — even those mistakenly identified as terrorism suspects.

The Senate is voting Monday on an amendment from Cornyn to allow the government to delay a gun sale to a suspected terrorist for 72 hours, but require court action to block the sale permanently.