RINO's have not given up

[LAR-15]

Providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 3831) to extend the sunset on the assault weapons ban for 10 years.


IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

July 22, 2004
Mr. FERGUSON (for himself, Mr. CASTLE, and Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Rules



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RESOLUTION
Providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 3831) to extend the sunset on the assault weapons ban for 10 years.


Resolved, That, immediately upon the adoption of this resolution, the House shall without intervention of any point of order consider in the House the bill (H.R. 3831) to extend the sunset on the assault weapons ban for 10 years. The bill shall be considered as read for amendment. The previous question shall be considered as ordered on the bill and on any amendment thereto to final passage without intervening motion except: (1) one hour of debate on the bill equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on Judiciary; (2) an amendment in the nature of a substitute printed in the Congressional Record pursuant to clause 8 of rule XVIII, if offered by the Minority Leader or his designee, which shall be in order without intervention of any point of order (except those arising under clause 7 of rule XVI), shall be considered as read, and shall be separately debatable for one hour equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent; and (3) one motion to recommit with or without instructions.

 

[whm1974]

What does RINO stand for?

-Bill

 

[LAR-15]

Republican In Name Only

 

[grislyatoms]

Republican In Name Only

Sort of a liberal in a conservative's cloak.

 

[Shooter 2.5]

I don't know who the other two are but are you claiming McCarthy is a Republican?

 

[LAR-15]

Mike Ferguson sure is.

 

[Shooter 2.5]

Republicans in the Congress and Senate are blocking reissue of the ban.

 

[Gray Peterson]

This is a discharge petition.

 

[Unisaw]

Lonnie,

What do you mean by a discharge petition? It looks like the resolution prohibits any parliamentary manuevering.

 

[Gray Peterson]

The resolution has to be passed by the full house before consideration of the bill. This fits in with a discharge petition.

 

[Shooter 2.5]

The only thing stopping the AWB is the Republican Party majority in the House and the Senate.
RINO's in liberal states help that majority. Without it, the dems would move the Assault Weapons Ban to their highest priority.
If you want to keep your rights, vote the anti-gun democratic party out of office. Move the country to the Right and toward gun rights. You don't do that by allowing the anti-gun dems back in office.

 

[Brett Bellmore]

RINO's in liberal states help that majority.

While at the same time making it largely nominal. Look at the Senate, for instance: The ban extension passed there. With Republican votes. After a vote which would have prevented the amendment from being considered, if the Republican leadership hadn't voluntarilly thrown the victory away. Something we've seen too many times: A victory won purely for public relations, then a dive being taken to render it moot.

A majority that exists only so long as the likes of Lincoln Chaffee and Olympia Snow approve of what it's doing, isn't much of a majority. In the Senate, we'd probably be better off without the RINOs, and with a minority that is still big enough to win filibusters, and actually wants to! It's probably worth having in the House, though, since there's no filibuster there.