I don't know if his amendment has any chance of passing.
I am going to contact my Senator -- Pryor, one of the Democrats up for reelection in 2014 in a red state-- and encourage him to support it. If enough of the Democrats who don't want to vote for gun control were to support the amendment, maybe it would pass. Then, they could vote against the bill when it requires a super majority, so they can tell the voters back home they voted against it.
I don't know how many are aware of it, but there is a game they play in the Senate that this scenario might fit well. On controversial bills like this, where the voters "back home" are on one side, and the Senator's party -- lately this has always been Democrats -- are on another side, a Senator will sometimes vote "for" something, and when it is clear that it has enough votes to pass, a Senator will change his vote to "against" so he can tell the folks back home he voted against it. Pryor has played this duplicitous game before. We'll maybe we can use the unscrupulousness of our Senators to work for us this time, as well.
Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, will offer an amendment to the Democrats’ fiscal 2014 budget resolution that seeks to require a two-thirds majority for the passage of any gun control legislation in the Senate.
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I am going to contact my Senator -- Pryor, one of the Democrats up for reelection in 2014 in a red state-- and encourage him to support it. If enough of the Democrats who don't want to vote for gun control were to support the amendment, maybe it would pass. Then, they could vote against the bill when it requires a super majority, so they can tell the voters back home they voted against it.
I don't know how many are aware of it, but there is a game they play in the Senate that this scenario might fit well. On controversial bills like this, where the voters "back home" are on one side, and the Senator's party -- lately this has always been Democrats -- are on another side, a Senator will sometimes vote "for" something, and when it is clear that it has enough votes to pass, a Senator will change his vote to "against" so he can tell the folks back home he voted against it. Pryor has played this duplicitous game before. We'll maybe we can use the unscrupulousness of our Senators to work for us this time, as well.