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Updated 5:47 p.m. | Not long after their plans were nearly derailed Thursday over a dispute about Planned Parenthood funding, Senate leaders got a final vote on a $856.9 billion funding package.
Van Hollen’s is one of 47 Senate offices that currently pay interns, according to data collected and analyzed by Roll Call in April. Katherine Tully-McManus contributed to this report.
California Democrat Dianne Feinstein’s amendment, which would allow the attorney general to stop gun purchases by those on terrorist watch lists, also failed after receiving 47 of the 60 votes needed
More independents favored a ban, too, up 5 percent to 47 percent.  Contact Smith at jeremysmith@cqrollcall.com   and follow him on Twitter @JeremySilkSmith .