LAWMAKERS QUIETLY RENEW PUSH FOR GUN REGISTRATION At a Rose Garden press briefing in April, after the defeat of Senate Bill 649, by Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.), the "universal background checks" , and the also defeated Senate amendment S. 715 proposed by Senators Joe Manchin (D-W. Va.), Pat Toomey (R-Pa.), along with Charles Schumer(D-Ny), President Obama said the defeat of gun control in the Senate was only "Round One," and vowed that "This effort is not over." ( To see how your Senators voted, go here: senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=113&session=1&vote=00097#state )
Posted on: Sun, 16 Jun 2013 03:00:20 +0000