Posted on 04/18/2013 11:31:40 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
26 minutes agoReid to shelve gun bill
Posted by CNN Chief Congressional Correspondent Dana Bash
(CNN) - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid will set aside proposed gun legislation on Thursday without a final vote following the defeat a day earlier of major provisions sought by President Barack Obama and Democrats in the aftermath of the Newtown school massacre, CNN has learned.
A Senate Democratic leadership aide said Reid can bring up the package of gun proposals again if circumstances change and he believes he has the votes for key provisions to pass, particularly a measure to expand background checks on gun buyers.
In a major defeat for supporters of tougher gun laws
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But the next nutjob is more likely left-leaning than a ‘right wing extremist’ who is a conservative, who loves God and Country.
“But the next nutjob is more likely left-leaning...”
They almost always are.
For some reason I hear Woody Woodpecker in my head "HaHaHaHaha, HaHahaHaha, HAHAHAHAHA!!!!"
I think Boehner already told Reid that any legislation passed by using the “nuclear option” would immediately be DOA in the House.
Now saying and doing are two different things as we well know.
Maybe not. Gun control doesn’t play well in Nevada, where Reid (and Democrats in general) are hardly shoe-ins. I suspect he’ll keep quiet for a while.
Little dirty harry is waiting for another opportunity when an another operative is handed a gun and makes the news.
This will probably be in the next week or two.
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