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Kennedy cuts deal with Schumer on veterans’ gun rights amendment
The Hill ^
| 10/19/2023
| ALEXANDER BOLTON
Posted on 10/19/2023 11:49:06 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) said Thursday he negotiated a deal with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on an amendment allowing military veterans whose finances go into conservatorship to keep their firearms, a proposal Schumer previously called a “poison pill” to the Senate’s minibus appropriations bill.
Kennedy’s effort to get a vote on his amendment had held up the bill funding military construction and the departments of Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development.
Now, the Louisiana senator said he expects to get a vote on his proposal after he agreed to modify the language. As a result, Kennedy said he will let the long-delayed appropriations bill advance.
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KEYWORDS: banglist; gunrights; kennedy; schumer; veterans
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Thoughts concerns?
To: ChicagoConservative27
Just that I love John Kennedy. A successful politician who is also a very decent man is kind of rare.
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posted on
10/19/2023 11:52:27 AM PDT
by
Jamestown1630
("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
To: Jamestown1630
How about Schmukie calling it a poison pill.
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posted on
10/19/2023 11:56:09 AM PDT
by
gibsonguy
( )
To: gibsonguy
I don’t expect much from Schmuckie. He’s one of the most cynical, devoid-of-principle assholes I’ve ever seen in politics.
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posted on
10/19/2023 11:58:40 AM PDT
by
Jamestown1630
("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
To: ChicagoConservative27
Here’s my thought; Kennedy wants me to celebrate him because he got Schumer to “allow” veterans to keep a Constitutionally recognized right that neither Schumer or Kennedy had the right to restrict in the first place? Screw them both.
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posted on
10/19/2023 12:01:31 PM PDT
by
liberalh8ter
(Ephesians 6:10 - 18)
To: liberalh8ter
In politics, sometimes you have to win a little to win more later.
You wouldn’t be very good at it.
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posted on
10/19/2023 12:09:38 PM PDT
by
Jamestown1630
("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
To: liberalh8ter
So you are pissed at John Kennedy, for what exactly? He’s one of the good guys. It sounds like a good outcome. Please explain your animosity to Kennedy.
To: liberalh8ter
So you are pissed at John Kennedy, for what exactly? He’s one of the good guys. It sounds like a good outcome. Please explain your animosity to Kennedy.
To: Jamestown1630
In politics, sometimes you have to win a little to win more later.It's the "win more later" part that is a stumbling block for the GOP.
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posted on
10/19/2023 12:18:37 PM PDT
by
Major Matt Mason
(To solve the Democrat problem, the RINO problem must first be solved.)
To: Major Matt Mason
I don’t think that’s because of men like Kennedy.
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posted on
10/19/2023 12:19:27 PM PDT
by
Jamestown1630
("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
To: ChicagoConservative27
How does the Senate have an Appropriations bill?
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posted on
10/19/2023 12:23:12 PM PDT
by
webheart
To: Jamestown1630
Not to mention being an obnoxious prick.
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posted on
10/19/2023 12:30:59 PM PDT
by
Fireone
(Who killed Obama's chef?)
To: Fireone
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posted on
10/19/2023 12:34:13 PM PDT
by
Jamestown1630
("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
To: ChicagoConservative27
A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the
veterans to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.
I looked but I couldn't find this in the Constitution.
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posted on
10/19/2023 12:55:08 PM PDT
by
skimbell
To: webheart
They are going and getting a bill together so that if there ever is a speaker, they have something to start with.
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posted on
10/19/2023 1:00:06 PM PDT
by
napscoordinator
(DeSantis is a beast! Florida is the freest state in the country! )
To: Jamestown1630
We’re no longer a republic.
There’s s nothing to be good at.
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posted on
10/19/2023 1:02:06 PM PDT
by
mewzilla
(Never give up; never surrender!)
To: mewzilla
Why are you here, if you’ve given up?
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posted on
10/19/2023 1:14:24 PM PDT
by
Jamestown1630
("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
To: ChicagoConservative27
How does that comply with “shall not be infringed”?
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posted on
10/19/2023 1:23:17 PM PDT
by
JimRed
(TERM LIMITS, NOW! Militia to the border! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
To: Dilbert San Diego
Please explain your animosity to Kennedy. A "good" RAT is still a RAT.
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posted on
10/19/2023 1:25:19 PM PDT
by
JimRed
(TERM LIMITS, NOW! Militia to the border! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
To: JimRed
different Kennedy family ...
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posted on
10/19/2023 1:28:05 PM PDT
by
bankwalker
(Repeal the 19th ...)
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