“Give an inch, and you never get it back. What is so hard to grasp about that?”
What Toomey and the four other GOP Senators (Burr, Portman, Shelby, Blunt) retiring this year understand is the rewards (consulting gigs, corporate board seats, speaking fees, lobbying assignments, and academic appointments) they can look forward to if they behave properly over the next few months. They no longer have to answer to the voters so now’s the time they use their last votes to feather their nests in retirement. Likely there are a few more Republicans planning to retire in 2024 and 2026, but not yet announced, who may be tempted to cash in on the gun bill. Of course Romney, Graham, Collins, and Murkowski can always be counted on to be “bipartisan” on certain bills. We may see 10 or more GOP Senators vote for gun control.
Yes, and that’s why I don’t think there are five solid
Republican (meaning Conservative) senators in the senate.