I believe the amendment passed on the house floor with a voice vote. That’s ridiculous for something as important as that. Someone should have called for a roll call on the floor. Get everyone’s vote on record.
Nothing to do now, but attempt to repeal this monstrosity. America’s first Freedom had a big article on the 86 bill in this past issue. All in all, even though the crappy Hughes amendment was in it, this was a good bill and freed up sellers and dealers from being arbitrarily harrassed by the feds. More importantly, it was the first victory for the 2nd amendment in a long battle back from too much progressivism.
Watch the video. The Yayes and Nays are quite clear. The Nays won it, Rangel called it for the Yayes, which then spawned loud calls for a recorded vote which were ignored with a smirk. The recorded committee vote was 2-1 against the amendment meaning it never should have been added to the FOPA for the final vote.