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Senators predict another vote on gun-control legislation
WASHINGTON -- Two top senators predicted Thursday that gun legislation will come up again for a Senate vote possibly before the end of the year as public attitudes shift toward stricter controls.
Their assessment comes after the defeat last week of a widely popular bipartisan background check measure that was drafted in response to the elementary school shooting in Newtown, Conn., after a gunman opened fire, killing 26 people, mostly children.
I think were going to bring this bill back before the end of the year and I think you may find some changes, said Sen. Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.), a chief backer of the bill, at a breakfast hosted by the Christian Science Monitor. Lots of senators who thought it was safe to vote against it he said, are not so sure any more because of changing attitudes.
Sen. John McCain of Arizona, a key Republican backer of the measure who spoke at the same event, concurred. I do agree with Chuck. I think the issue is going to come back, he said.
Their assessment comes after the defeat last week of a widely popular bipartisan background check measure that was drafted in response to the elementary school shooting in Newtown, Conn., after a gunman opened fire, killing 26 people, mostly children.
I think were going to bring this bill back before the end of the year and I think you may find some changes, said Sen. Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.), a chief backer of the bill, at a breakfast hosted by the Christian Science Monitor. Lots of senators who thought it was safe to vote against it he said, are not so sure any more because of changing attitudes.
Sen. John McCain of Arizona, a key Republican backer of the measure who spoke at the same event, concurred. I do agree with Chuck. I think the issue is going to come back, he said.
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Senators predict another vote on gun-control legislation (Original Post)
DanTex
Apr 2013
OP
They'll come around when they think they'll get their asses handed to them
TheCowsCameHome
Apr 2013
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graham4anything
(11,464 posts)1. Let's have ONE bill with no loopholes, and with NO amendments.
Should that poison pen amendment be in it, we must be loud and strong to have it voted down.
It is things like this that I wish the president had a line item veto.
premium
(3,731 posts)3. I happen to agree with you on this,
one bill without the poison pill amendments, like the reciprocity amend., the AWB and mag. limit amend., which was soundly defeated, but I would include the stiffer penalties for straw purchase's, mental health care funding, etc.
I firmly believe that a vote will come up again and hopefully, this time it will pass.
tosh
(4,446 posts)4. Yes, a PURE bill.
TheCowsCameHome
(40,210 posts)2. They'll come around when they think they'll get their asses handed to them
in the next election.
Not before.