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Expanded gun background check [Toomey] amendment fails in the Senate
Yahoo ^ | 04/17/13

Posted on 04/17/2013 1:32:17 PM PDT by AtlasStalled

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To: Red Steel; AtlasStalled

Thank goodness. Thank those Senators who voted against this gun grabbing bill.

THANK YOU ALL who called, emailed, wrote, and in general helped defeated this.


61 posted on 04/17/2013 1:53:35 PM PDT by Sir Napsalot (Pravda + Useful Idiots = CCCP; JournOList + Useful Idiots = DopeyChangey!)
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To: AtlasStalled
A quick online check, four GOPers were among the anti 2 Amendment likely votes...Toomey, Mark, Collins, and Mrs. McCain. (Might be in error, double-checking requested.)

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62 posted on 04/17/2013 1:54:37 PM PDT by Seaplaner (Never give in. Never give in. Never...except to convictions of honour and good sense. W. Churchill)
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To: AtlasStalled

What great news to arrive home to after a day of hard work! Now it is time for me to write my daily hate email to Arlen Toomey.


63 posted on 04/17/2013 1:55:43 PM PDT by ConservativeInPA (Molon Labe - Shall not be questioned)
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To: stephenjohnbanker
Obama will blame the vote on the bomber distraction

Those damn bitter clingers! Too stupid to see that socialism is the one true way, they still have enough animal cunning to manipulate the system and foil their own best interests!

64 posted on 04/17/2013 1:57:10 PM PDT by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: AtlasStalled

I think there are 8 more amendments to be voted on.


65 posted on 04/17/2013 1:57:34 PM PDT by Gator113 ( ~just keep livin~ I drink good wine, listen to good music and dream good dreams.)
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To: Perdogg
He switched his vote once he saw it was going to fail?

IIRC by the majority leader switiching his vote, he reserves the right to bring it up again.

66 posted on 04/17/2013 1:58:39 PM PDT by TexasRedeye (Eschew Obfuscation)
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To: Still Thinking

LOL!


67 posted on 04/17/2013 1:59:06 PM PDT by stephenjohnbanker
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To: Red Steel

But Reid can still bring it up again... right??


68 posted on 04/17/2013 2:00:54 PM PDT by Gator113 ( ~just keep livin~ I drink good wine, listen to good music and dream good dreams.)
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To: RedStateGuyTrappedinCT
No worries, the man-child in the WH will do it through executive order.

He can't. EO's do not have the force of law. To do that it would have to be an actual law.....

69 posted on 04/17/2013 2:02:11 PM PDT by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: AtlasStalled
Free Americans 1

Socialist dictator 0

70 posted on 04/17/2013 2:02:19 PM PDT by South40 (I Love The "New & Improved" Free Republic!)
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71 posted on 04/17/2013 2:03:45 PM PDT by luvie (All my heroes wear camos!)
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To: Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America

Reid is everything bad about America, and is doing his best to ruin Nevada on his way to the garbage heap. He is a fool.


72 posted on 04/17/2013 2:03:57 PM PDT by Monkey Face ( The good outnumber the evil ones, and we always will.)
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To: Conservative_Rob
Toomey’s was only one of 14 amendments to S.649. I would like to see a tally of all of the amendments. The first four included Feinstein’s ban on semi-automatic pistols and rifles, and Lautenberg’s ban on magazines over 10 rounds. Also, are they still going to be able to pass the base S.649 without the amendments???? I want to see 100% failure to pass anything restricting the 2nd Amendment.

Right. So what's in the base bill?

73 posted on 04/17/2013 2:04:31 PM PDT by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: Still Thinking

That would be true if we didn’t seem to live in a post constitutional mob-ocracy


74 posted on 04/17/2013 2:04:33 PM PDT by RedStateGuyTrappedinCT
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To: TexasRedeye

So then we get to stay on the damn edge of this cliff waiting for yet another vote? Just damn.


75 posted on 04/17/2013 2:04:36 PM PDT by Gator113 ( ~just keep livin~ I drink good wine, listen to good music and dream good dreams.)
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To: Gator113
But Reid can still bring it up again... right??

Technically yes.

76 posted on 04/17/2013 2:04:37 PM PDT by corlorde (forWARD of the state)
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To: AtlasStalled

A lot of politicos including RINO’s who compromise all the time ran for cover today with a vote to make themselves look good.


77 posted on 04/17/2013 2:04:46 PM PDT by Nextrush (A BALANCED BUDGET NOW AND PRESIDENT SARAH PALIN ARE MY DREAMS)
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To: AtlasStalled

A lot of politicos including RINO’s who compromise all the time ran for cover today with a vote to make themselves look good.


78 posted on 04/17/2013 2:04:47 PM PDT by Nextrush (A BALANCED BUDGET NOW AND PRESIDENT SARAH PALIN ARE MY DREAMS)
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To: AtlasStalled

YESSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!

NOW, we need to make the anti-Constitutional clowns PAY....DEFEAT THEM AT THE BALLOT BOX!


79 posted on 04/17/2013 2:05:23 PM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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80 posted on 04/17/2013 2:05:26 PM PDT by DJ MacWoW (My faith and politics cannot be separated)
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