--- title: House Sit In: Susan Collins Gun Control Bill to Get Vote description: Susan Collins said her bipartisan bill to block people on terrorist watch lists from buying guns will receive a test vote canonical: https://time.com/4380208/house-sit-in-gun-control-congress/ author: Rosalie Chan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-06-23T17:04:40.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T22:48:55.040Z article:section: Politics og:title: Republican Senator Says Compromise Gun Control Bill Will Get Test Vote og:description: It may take place as soon as Thursday afternoon og:url: https://time.com/4380208/house-sit-in-gun-control-congress/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6bb065aa9943284e/6988992cf887dc0f0de965d2/gettyimages-541959802.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Senators Unveil Bipartisan Gun Proposal og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Republican Senator Says Compromise Gun Control Bill Will Get Test Vote twitter:description: It may take place as soon as Thursday afternoon twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6bb065aa9943284e/6988992cf887dc0f0de965d2/gettyimages-541959802.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Republican Senator Susan Collins Says Compromise Gun Control Bill Will Get Test Vote by [Rosalie Chan](https://time.com/author/rosalie-chan/) ## Rosalie Chan Jun 23, 2016 5:04 PM UTC  Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME), speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill, June 21, 2016 in Washington, DC. Collins and a bipartisan group of Senators announced a measure that would block people on the Transportation Security Administration's no-fly list from buying firearms. Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME), speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill, June 21, 2016 in Washington, DC. Collins and a bipartisan group of Senators announced a measure that would block people on the Transportation Security Administration's no-fly list from buying firearms.Mark Wilson—Getty Images by [Rosalie Chan](https://time.com/author/rosalie-chan/) ## Rosalie Chan Jun 23, 2016 5:04 PM UTC Maine Republican Sen. Susan Collins said her bipartisan bill to [block people on terrorist watch lists from buying guns](http://time.com/4173116/gun-control-barack-obama-polls/?iid=sr-link2) [will receive a test vote](http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/284626-gop-senator-compromise-gun-bill-to-get-test-vote) as soon as Thursday afternoon. Democrats have been [sitting in](http://time.com/4379721/gun-control-sit-in-house-democrats-july/?xid=homepage) on [the House floor](http://time.com/4379215/see-inside-house-democrats-gun-control-sit-in/?iid=sr-link8) to force a vote on [gun control legislation](http://time.com/4378376/gun-control-house-sit-in-congress-orlando-shooting/?iid=sr-link1). Collins, in remarks reported by [_The Hill_](http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/284626-gop-senator-compromise-gun-bill-to-get-test-vote), said it was her “best bet” that a vote on a motion to table her proposal will take place Thursday afternoon. Supporters of her proposal will need a majority of the [Senate](http://time.com/4375965/hillary-clinton-orlando-shooting-senate-gun-control-vote/?iid=sr-link10) to vote against tabling it. The legislation would allow the Attorney General to block gun sales to a person on the no-fly list or “selectee list,” which requires additional airport screening. It would also allow for that decision to be appealed. \[[_The Hill_](http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/284626-gop-senator-compromise-gun-bill-to-get-test-vote)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4380208/house-sit-in-gun-control-congress/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4380208/house-sit-in-gun-control-congress/"},"headline":"Republican Senator Susan Collins Says Compromise Gun Control Bill Will Get Test Vote","datePublished":"2016-06-23T17:04:40.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T22:48:55.040Z","description":"It may take place as soon as Thursday afternoon","url":"https://time.com/4380208/house-sit-in-gun-control-congress/","keywords":["Congress","Guns"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6bb065aa9943284e/6988992cf887dc0f0de965d2/gettyimages-541959802.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Rosalie Chan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/rosalie-chan/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6bb065aa9943284e/6988992cf887dc0f0de965d2/gettyimages-541959802.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Senators Unveil Bipartisan Gun Proposal","caption":"Senators Unveil Bipartisan Gun Proposal","creditText":"Mark Wilson—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/congress/","name":"Congress"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4380208/house-sit-in-gun-control-congress/","name":"Republican Senator Susan Collins Says Compromise Gun Control Bill Will Get Test Vote"}}]}] ```