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Round one is over, but the fight may resume. The Washington Post reports that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has suspended consideration of the Democrats’ main gun control bill. Reid voted against the linchpin Manchin-Toomey compromise on background checks…
Ed O’Keefe of The Washington Post follows up on his running whip count for the Senate gun bill: New Hampshire Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R) will vote against the gun control compromise spearheaded by Sens. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Pat Toomey…
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) voted no hoping to move to reconsider. This may allow him to bring the amendment up again: Senate rules permit one motion to reconsider any question decided by vote, if offered by a senator…
Last night Representatives Pete King (R-N.Y.) and Mike Thompson (D-Calif.) introduced their bill on background checks, H.R.1565: U.S. Reps. Mike Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Pat Meehan (R-PA), Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY) and Peter Defazio (D-OR) joined King and Thompson in co-authoring the legislation….
The Manchin-Toomey background check compromise teeters on oblivion. An analysis by Ed O’Keefe at The Washington Post concluded there are 92 committed Senate votes as of late Tuesday morning, 52 yeas and 39 nays. The eight undecided members include John…
Ed O’Keefe of The Washingoton Post reports: Based on our analysis, here’s where things stand as of 5:55 p.m. Tuesday: Yes: 52 No: 40 Undecided: 7 (Ayotte, Baucus, Begich, Heitkamp, Landrieu, McCain, Pryor) Fate unclear: 1 (Lautenberg) To reiterate, Senator John McCain (R-Ariz.) is leaning…
The Senate has begun debating landmark gun control legislation. The House will soon have its own proposals. Background checks are in the spotlight. Democrats and their allies want to expand them by eliminating exceptions like the “gun show loophole,” which…
As the above chart illustrates, support for stricter gun laws declined from 78% in 1990 to 44% in 2009, with peaks and valleys in between. On January 8, 2011, then-Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) was severely injured in a mass shooting…
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Efforts to expand background checks on gun purchasers appear to be gaining steam after the announcement yesterday of a compromise plan brokered by Sens. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Pat Toomey (R-Pa.). Manchin and Toomey held a press conference yesterday morning to introduce…
