Legislative

Sebastian has the play-by-play, but the summary is as follows: Manchin-Toomey – defeated: 54-46 Grassley-Cruz-Graham – defeated: 52-48 Leahy-Collins – defeated: 58-42 Cornyn Amendment on National Reciprocity – defeated: 57-43 Feinstein Amendment – defeated: 40-60 Burr Amendment – defeated: 56-44 Blumenthal-Lautenberg Amendment – defeated: 46-54

The amendment needed 60 votes to pass and was defeated with a vote of 46-54 during a roll call vote presided over by Vice President Joe Biden. Read the rest of the article: http://gunssavelives.net/blog/gun-laws/senate-votes-no-on-toomey-manchin-compromise-gun-control-bill/

Senate Democrats are trying desperately to round up a bipartisan coalition in advance of a critical round of gun-control votes Wednesday afternoon, as fence-sitting Republicans began to peel away and new polling showed ebbing public support for tightening gun laws. After days of backroom wrangling, Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid lined up a vote on…

Senators Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Ted Cruz (R-TX) are introducing an alternative amendment to gun legislation pending on the Senate floor. Their “Protecting Communities and Preserving the Second Amendment Act” would preserve the Second Amendment while providing important fixes to existing law. The Grassley-Cruz proposal would reauthorize and improve the National Instant Criminal Background Check…