Sen. John Cornyn had just left a convention center stage in Houston, where he had been mercilessly booed by conservative activists furious at his leading role in the most serious gun-law talks on Capitol Hill in a generation, when the Texas Republican picked up his phone and sent a message.
Democracy Dies in Darkness
How the Senate defied 26 years of inaction to tackle gun violence
Four senators used a distinctive combination of policy expertise, legislative experience and political courage to push past obstacles that had repeatedly stymied previous attempts at compromise
By Mike DeBonis
Updated June 25, 2022 at 10:35 a.m. EDT|Published June 25, 2022 at 6:00 a.m. EDT