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SENATE UPDATE
jpwolf
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The senate leadership has reached an agreement that they will debate and vote on numerous amendments to the gun manufacturers liabilty bill and should finally get a vote on it tuesday. The ammendments that we have been discussing have already been offered and many more and any senator can introduce an amendment between now and tuesday. WE HAVE HAD AN EFFECT. They thought they would be able to get a vote on this today, but all our phone calls, emails, etc. have put them in a tail spin. Between now and tuesday we must continue to get the word out, and keep our wishes on the front burner of their collective minds. But on monday, we really need to hammer them hard, like last night and this morning, especially those of you with democrat senators. The only way to make the dems re-think their position, is to make them worry about their job. A couple of repubs need to have a wake up call slap them in the face to, DeWine of Ohio being the most outspoken. You Ohioans, get him! If he changes his position, many will re-think theirs. But we all need to continue to make this basic argument to ALL of our senators, "a liability bill to protect manufacturers is no good with an AWB attached, or a gun show 'ban' attached. Pass it 'clean' or not at all, or lose your job".
I will post a reminder sunday night and follow up on monday night/tuesday morning, because we can all get too busy to remember all the important things to do in a busy life. WE CAN GET WHAT WE WANT! We just have to do a very little but important work for it.
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"If there must be trouble let it be in my day, that my child may have peace" -Thomas Paine
If the people have become so apathetic that they will not vote out all the liberal scum (republican and democrat alike), the only solution is Constitutional Convention II the sequel. Let's get it right this time.
I will post a reminder sunday night and follow up on monday night/tuesday morning, because we can all get too busy to remember all the important things to do in a busy life. WE CAN GET WHAT WE WANT! We just have to do a very little but important work for it.
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"If there must be trouble let it be in my day, that my child may have peace" -Thomas Paine
If the people have become so apathetic that they will not vote out all the liberal scum (republican and democrat alike), the only solution is Constitutional Convention II the sequel. Let's get it right this time.
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I think the sponsors are well aware of the planned Democrat strategy to load on the amendments, and they are ready for it and will not stand for it. They should have plenty of votes to defeat any gun control amendments handily. Nevertheless, in case there was any doubt about the acceptability of any of these amendments leeching onto our bill, I'm sure we all plan to stay on our senators until this is a done deal. But even the NRA has been saying loudly that the bill needs to be killed if a gun ban is hung on it. I don't think there's any confusion about that.
As I said before, the phone line to the Congress was jammed up around mid-day. I had to use my cell phone (a clever way I've found to get through to someplace when land lines are jammed) to call some people today, but it was well worth it.
T. Jefferson: "[When doing Constitutional interpretation], let us [go] back to the time when [it] was adopted. [Rather than] invent a meaning [let us] conform to the probable one in which it was passed."
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"If there must be trouble let it be in my day, that my child may have peace" -Thomas Paine
If the people have become so apathetic that they will not vote out all the liberal scum (republican and democrat alike), the only solution is Constitutional Convention II the sequel. Let's get it right this time.
Getting the 1994 assault weapons prohibition renewed has been a Democratic priority this year. They picked up support Tuesday from GOP Sens. John Warner of Virginia, Mike DeWine of Ohio and Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island.
"Although I voted against the ban a decade ago, over the past 10 years it has reduced crime dramatically and has made our streets safer," Warner said. "The legislation also has protected the rights of gun owners better than many of us predicted."
The three GOP senators' support does not guarantee the amendment's approval in the Senate, but "this gives the effort to renew the assault weapons ban new momentum," said Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., sponsor of the original assault weapons ban.
The gene pool needs chlorine.
Warner is publishing his ignorance of the facts. Right on, pa.
T. Jefferson: "[When doing Constitutional interpretation], let us [go] back to the time when [it] was adopted. [Rather than] invent a meaning [let us] conform to the probable one in which it was passed."
"There is nothing lower than the human race - except the French." (Mark Twain) ". . . And DemoCraps" (me)
I can only hope that the conservative majority in Georgia will come through again this time, the way we have in the last few cases.
I believe your Senators are: Zell Miller and Saxby Chambliss
Mudge the politico
I can't come to work today. The voices said, STAY HOME AND CLEAN THE GUNS!
The democrats listen to him since he's the senate minority leader, and he's up for reelection in a rural state in 04.
That's how you'll kill it.[;)]
Damn Feinstein and Schumer piss me off.
Are you saying they've tabled it for tomorrow and Friday?
No. They hammered out a schedule for all the amendment proposals, how much time reserved time for the leaders etc etc. The schedule took them about 4 hours last night to hammer out. It was finally read into the record around midnight est. It took about 5 minuetes for the major whip assistant dude to read of all the verbage of the agreement.
They are gonna spend the today, Friday, Monday, and Tuesday all on this bill, the numerous proposed ammendments, and the votes on all those ammendments then the final vote (for the ammeneded bill) will take place on Tuesday.