This was going to be a quiet week in the U.S. Senate, one during which the majority Democrats would take the opportunity to help a colleague facing a tough reelection race.

But what was supposed to be an innocuous election-year proposal, designed to draw considerable bipartisan support, has become the first big fight over gun control in Washington in more than a year — reopening old wounds for the very Democrats it was supposed to help.

The measure would expand access to hunting and fishing on federal lands. Sen. Kay Hagan (D-N.C.) is the lead sponsor. She faces one of the most challenging reelections this year, so she convinced 45 other senators — including 26 Republicans — that they should back the bill, making it one of the most popular legislative proposals debated by the Senate this year.
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