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4/26/2013
Gun control push not going away: "Senators Quietly Seeking New Path on Gun Control"
Admittedly, given that this is from the New York Times, it might not be something that one wants to put much weight on, but it is still a warning that one should be careful about:
UPDATE: "Manchin says he's working to get another Senate vote on gun background check"
. . . Manchin told “Fox News Sunday” that he’s going to rework the proposal to get it back to the Senate floor. “We’re going to work this bill with all of our hearts,” he told Fox News. . . . On Friday, Toomey said he had no plans to revive the proposal. "My own view is very simple: The Senate has had its vote. We've seen the outcome of that vote. I am not aware of any reason to believe that if we had the vote again that we'd have a different outcome," he said, according to The Philadelphia Inquirer. Manchin told Fox: “I don’t think he’s done.” . . . Senate Majority Harry Reid said days after the defeat of the Manchin-Toomey proposal that he has “hit pause” on efforts to pass comprehensive gun-control legislation. He said last week the proposal remains a work in progress but no action is being taken now.
The full transcript of the Fox News Sunday interview is available here.
Am I missing something? Don't they have to get a bill through BOTH the Senate AND the House for it to become law? Why all the focus on the Senate alone? Aren't the Democrats being (even more than usually)inconsistent? I mean if the "UBC" bill is really supported by 90+% of the population I would think it would take "courage" to oppose it NOT courage to pass it. God ! These anti-gun people are wearing me out! If this doesn't help the Republicans in the next several elections then we really have passed an era in America.
There is speculation that the bill was meant to pass the Senate and fail in the House, so that Obama, Pelosi, and Debbie Schultz (Democrat National Committee Chair) could blame House republicans for killing "reasonable" gun control, and win back a Democrat majority in the House in 2014, at which point they could pass an "assault weapon" ban, and magazine ban, "immigation reform" (amnesty), and whatever else.
Am I missing something? Don't they have to get a bill through BOTH the Senate AND the House for it to become law? Why all the focus on the Senate alone?
ReplyDeleteAren't the Democrats being (even more than usually)inconsistent? I mean if the "UBC" bill is really supported by 90+% of the population I would think it would take "courage" to oppose it NOT courage to pass it.
God ! These anti-gun people are wearing me out! If this doesn't help the Republicans in the next several elections then we really have passed an era in America.
Molon Labe!
There is speculation that the bill was meant to pass the Senate and fail in the House, so that Obama, Pelosi, and Debbie Schultz (Democrat National Committee Chair) could blame House republicans for killing "reasonable" gun control, and win back a Democrat majority in the House in 2014, at which point they could pass an "assault weapon" ban, and magazine ban, "immigation reform" (amnesty), and whatever else.
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