Assault Weapons Ban Vote this morning***LIVE Thread

[conservativefromGa]

Senate Bill 1805

Debate continues this morning @ 9:30am on C-Span2

Amendments will be voted on around 11:30am (including AWB, and gunshow "loophole"

C-Span2link

Congressional Switchboard -1-800-648-3516

[conservativefromGa]

bang

todays the day

[KQQL]

VOTE COUNT.

Warner/R- Yes on ban
McPain/R - Yes
DeWine/R - Yes
Snowe/R- YEs
Collins/R Yes
Spector/R - Yes
Chafee/R -Yes
.....

[The Raven]

Didn't they already ban assault weapons?????

[CasearianDaoist]

Is there any real chance that they will stop this in the house?

[TERMINATTOR]

The AW ban of Sept 13 '94 expires in 10 years - Sept 13 of this year. There's a proposed amendment to S-1805 (The Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act), to extend the AWB. A vote on whether to include that amendment is coming up today.

[TYVets]

The RINOS

[Paleo Conservative]

Didn't they already ban assault weapons?????

Yes in 1994. That ban is about to expire.

[longtermmemmory]

Bump, spotlight will be on kerry and edwards today. sombody bump this later

[longtermmemmory]

What does that make the total votes then?

[ActionNewsBill]

bump for later read

[Paleo Conservative]

. sombody bump this later

Not me. I'm just about to go home after a very long day at work.

[OXENinFLA]

Democrats show less fear of gun control legislation

But the votes are still expected to be close -- so close that supporters are hoping that the two leading Democratic presidential contenders, Sens. John Edwards, D-N.C., and John Kerry, D-Mass., will return to Washington from their campaigns and to vote.

I think I heard on the radio this morning that Kerry will NOT be coming to FL to campaign in order to vote on this bill.

What a putz!

[OXENinFLA]

http://washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20040301-033333-7698r.htm

Kerry to party in D.C. Super Tuesday



WASHINGTON, March 1 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. John Kerry's decision to participate in Tuesday's Senate gun control vote means he will celebrate Super Tuesday in Washington.

The Democratic presidential front-runner plans to attend a party at the Old Post Office Pavilion in Washington so he can participate in a Senate vote on a gun bill Tuesday, campaign spokeswoman Stephanie Cutter told UPI.

The vote will decide whether to renew the ban on assault-type weapons and extend background checks to gun shows. Also scheduled to attend the vote is Sen. John Edwards, D-N.C., who is fighting Kerry for the nomination.

[mewzilla]

Gee, I heard Ketchup Boy might actually see fit to show up and vote on this one...

[mewzilla]

In case anyone missed it, here's a link to an FR thread on how many other votes Ketchup Boy's missed.

[RockChucker]

bump for later

[OXENinFLA]

See post #14.

[alarmguy]

bttt

[mewzilla]

Thanks. Big of him to actually haul his patrician posterior back to the Capitol and earn his paycheck.