|
REPORT COPYRIGHT VIOLATION IN REPLY
|
|
Message Subject
|
USA Gun Control Timeline, a social experiment...Post Sandy Hook to Present
|
|
Poster Handle
|
milehighmike |
|
Post Content
|
"Senate nears gun debate, background checks pivotal" [link to news.yahoo.com] "WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress returns Monday from a two-week spring recess with gun control and immigration high on the Senate's agenda.
Senators could start debating Democratic-written gun legislation before week's end. But leaders also might decide to give negotiators more time to seek a deal on expanding background checks for firearms buyers.
Passing the expanded background checks would be viewed as a victory for gun control advocates after Democratic leaders made it clear that supporters were nowhere close to getting a majority of votes in favor of reinstituting an assault weapons ban.
Both measures have been a priority for President Barack Obama since the Dec. 14 shooting at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn.
The National Rifle Association opposes both the assault weapons ban and the expanded background checks
Short of unanimous support in their own party, Democratic senators have been unable to strike a deal with Republicans for the votes they would need to push background check legislation through the chamber. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., might delay debate to give bargainers more time, underscoring how crucial the proposal is to the gun control drive.
"It's the most pivotal piece" of Democrats' gun legislation, said Dan Gross, president of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence...."
|
|
|
Please verify you're human:
|
|
|
Reason for copyright violation:
|
