Senate to Vote on the S.649 TODAY 4-17 - 4 pm

[slidemuzik]

Why did she quit repeating what the Senators votes were?

 

[ArcadiaGP]

MT @edhenryTV: Obama in Rose Garden at 530pm ET to blast Senate for failing to approve enhanced background checks


I'm guessing he'll be wearing a chest harness with a toddler in it.

 

[LockStocksAndBarrel]

For the next election you only need to know who voted and how. The next time it comes around, the bill will have to be evaluated on it's own merits, not what the previous bill had in it.

 

[jmsnell]

Sen. Pat Toomy: "The second amendment does not apply to everyone equally."

Pig from Animal Farm: "We are all equal, but some are more equal than others."

 

[Scutter01]

To a degree. The way I read it, the amendment would have allowed for transportation of an unloaded weapon through any state in the nation if the individual transporting it was legally allowed to carry the weapon. Not exactly reciprocity. I think it was there to give republicans something to vote FOR more than anything.

We already have that.

Title 18 > Part I > Chapter 44 > § 926a
§ 926A. Interstate transportation of firearms
Release date: 20050803
Notwithstanding any other provision of any law or any rule or regulation of a State or any
political subdivision thereof, any person who is not otherwise prohibited by this chapter from
transporting, shipping, or receiving a firearm shall be entitled to transport a firearm for any
lawful purpose from any place where he may lawfully possess and carry such firearm to any
other place where he may lawfully possess and carry such firearm if, during such transportation
the firearm is unloaded, and neither the firearm nor any ammunition being transported is readily
accessible or is directly accessible from the passenger compartment of such transporting vehicle:
Provided, That in the case of a vehicle without a compartment separate from the driver’s
compartment the firearm or ammunition shall be contained in a locked container other than the
glove compartment or console.

 

[VikingWarlord]

it missedby 3 votes. i like things as they are. keeps them out of my hair. world is wonderful.

The package itself only needs 51 votes to pass once it's assembled. It ain't over yet, just a couple amendments got shot down.

 

[Pinchaser]

Ayotte was their last chance for the overall bill to pass. She announced about 2pm ET that she would vote no. If everyone holds firm to their published position, the libs cannot win.

 

[K_W]

We already have that.

Title 18 > Part I > Chapter 44 > § 926a
§ 926A. Interstate transportation of firearms
Release date: 20050803
Notwithstanding any other provision of any law or any rule or regulation of a State or any
political subdivision thereof, any person who is not otherwise prohibited by this chapter from
transporting, shipping, or receiving a firearm shall be entitled to transport a firearm for any
lawful purpose from any place where he may lawfully possess and carry such firearm to any
other place where he may lawfully possess and carry such firearm if, during such transportation
the firearm is unloaded, and neither the firearm nor any ammunition being transported is readily
accessible or is directly accessible from the passenger compartment of such transporting vehicle:
Provided, That in the case of a vehicle without a compartment separate from the driver’s
compartment the firearm or ammunition shall be contained in a locked container other than the
glove compartment or console.

Hmmm.... Don't see any of that in the 2nd Amendment...

 

[VikingWarlord]

Now, they're just shooting down everything else out of spite. The Senate is eating itself.

 

[A 7.62 Exodus]

Whatever this next one is, its really close, or has already passed

 

[Caleb]

54 yay, 46 nay....bill defeated!

 

[LockStocksAndBarrel]

60 votes needed...

 

[brotherbill3]

The package itself only needs 51 votes to pass once it's assembled. It ain't over yet, just a couple amendments got shot down.

Your sure? I thought even the final bill needed 60 to pass

... it probably will not get it - both 'revisions' got more than 50. and some voting for SA.715 and SA.725 - will not vote for S.649 without either of those.

Donnelly voted for the "better" SA.725 ... Cruz/Grassley (coats) amendment.

 

[mbills2223]

At this point, I'm a bigger fan of Reid than Donnelly. Coats seems to be holding strong.

 

[K_W]

ANOTHER DOWN!

 

[A 7.62 Exodus]

Wow, 58 to 42. That was close

 

[pilgrim]

That's three.

 

[rockhopper46038]

All right, this one is going to be interesting.

 

[mbills2223]

Leahy-Collins amdt next -- claims that lawful gun purchasers can buy firearms from licensed dealers to give as bona fide gifts. Cruz says no.

Yes, but what else does it say?

We already have that.

Title 18 > Part I > Chapter 44 > § 926a
§ 926A. Interstate transportation of firearms
Release date: 20050803
Notwithstanding any other provision of any law or any rule or regulation of a State or any
political subdivision thereof, any person who is not otherwise prohibited by this chapter from
transporting, shipping, or receiving a firearm shall be entitled to transport a firearm for any
lawful purpose from any place where he may lawfully possess and carry such firearm to any
other place where he may lawfully possess and carry such firearm if, during such transportation
the firearm is unloaded, and neither the firearm nor any ammunition being transported is readily
accessible or is directly accessible from the passenger compartment of such transporting vehicle:
Provided, That in the case of a vehicle without a compartment separate from the driver’s
compartment the firearm or ammunition shall be contained in a locked container other than the
glove compartment or console.

Indeed, but that is all I took from that particular section of the amendment that Cruz co-sponsored. I didn't read through the entirety of the bill, I just went to the section about "reciprocity." Again, I think this amendment was just put forward to give Republicans something to vote FOR.

 

[A 7.62 Exodus]

Schumer just said criminals can go to Florida and get a CCW permit...