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This is VOA News. Via remote, I'm Marissa Melton.
这里是美国之音新闻，玛丽莎·梅尔顿为您远程报道。
Democrats' first attempt at responding to the back-to-back mass shootings in Buffalo and Uvalde, Texas, failed in the Senate.
民主党人第一次试图对在布法罗和德克萨斯州的乌瓦尔德连续发生的大规模枪击事件做出反应，但在参议院失败了。
AP's Ed Donahue reports.
美联社记者艾德·多纳休报道。
Republicans blocked a domestic terrorism bill that would have opened debate on hate crimes and gun safety.
共和党人阻挠了一项国内恐怖主义法案的通过，该法案将引发关于仇恨犯罪和枪支安全的辩论。
Majority Leader Chuck Schumer says he'll give bipartisan negotiators in the Senate about two weeks while Congress is away for a break to try to forge a compromise.
多数党领袖查克·舒默表示，他将给参议院两党谈判人员大约两周的时间，而国会将暂时离开，试图达成妥协。
Texas Republican John Cornyn says this must make a difference.
德克萨斯州共和党人约翰·科宁说，这一定会带来改变。
"One thing we should not do is try to pass something that will have absolutely no impact on incidents like this just to score political points or make ourselves feel good."
“我们不应该做的一件事是，仅仅为了获得政治分数或让自己感觉良好而试图通过对此类事件完全没有影响的法案。”
Connecticut Democrat Chris Murphy is optimistic.
康涅狄格州民主党人克里斯·墨菲对此持乐观态度。
"I'm hopeful there's growing momentum. But I've failed plenty of times before."
“我希望有增长的势头。但我之前失败过很多次。”
Murphy has been working on gun legislation since the 2012 attack at Sandy Hook Elementary in his home state. Ed Donahue, Washington.
自2012年家乡桑迪胡克小学枪击案发生以来，墨菲一直致力于枪支立法。埃德·多纳休来自华盛顿的报道。
Officials say the gunman was in the school for 40 minutes to an hour before law enforcement officers broke into the fourth-grade classroom where he had killed 21 people at Robb Elementary School in the small town of Uvalde, Texas.
有关官员说，在执法人员闯入德克萨斯州乌瓦尔德小镇罗柏小学四年级教室之前，枪手在学校里待了40分钟到一个小时，枪手在那里杀死了21人。
At least one parent told AP that he discussed with other bystanders the idea of storming the building themselves because they didn't believe that police were moving fast enough.
至少有一名家长告诉美联社，他和其他旁观者提到了自己冲进大楼的想法，因为他们认为警察行动不够快。
That parent's daughter was killed in the attack.
那对父母的女儿在袭击中丧生。
From Washington, this is VOA News.
美国之音新闻，来自华盛顿的报道。
