This is for those who keep writing letters and sending e-mails, even in the face of certain defeat. You know the ones – the ones who will never give up. The ones who pledge that no legislator or candidate that supports gun control in any way or form will ever get their votes. We haven’t won the fight, but we’ve come along way against heavy odds.
Oh, and this comes from a source owned and controled by NYC Mayor Bloomberg.
Oh, and this comes from a source owned and controled by NYC Mayor Bloomberg.
Assault Weapons Ban Lacks Democratic Votes to Pass Senate
By Heidi Przybyla and Julie Hirschfeld Davis - Jan 25, 2013
A proposed ban on sales of assault weapons would be defeated in the U.S. Senate today unless some members changed their current views, based on a Bloomberg review of recent lawmaker statements and interviews.
At least six of the 55 senators who caucus with Democrats have recently expressed skepticism or outright opposition to a ban, the review found. That means Democrats wouldn’t have a simple 51-vote majority to pass the measure, let alone the 60 votes needed to break a Republican filibuster to bring it to a floor vote.
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http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-...an-lacks-democratic-votes-to-pass-senate.html