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Reuters and AP couldn't wait to trumpet that the AWB had passed, wonder how they'll handle it's defeat 2 hours later?

Simple. The silent treatment.

Even better (for them), they blame Republicans for it not passing. I never dreamed we had 90 Republicans in the Senate.

Senate Republicans Scuttle Gun Bill

By JESSE J. HOLLAND, Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON - Senate Republicans scuttled an election-year bill to immunize the gun industry from lawsuits Tuesday after Democrats amended it to extend an assault weapons ban and require background checks on all buyers at private gun shows.

The National Rifle Association began pressuring senators to vote against the bill after Democrats won votes on the two key gun control measures. The 90-8 vote against the bill virtually ends any chance for gun legislation to make through Congress this year.

"I now believe it is so dramatically wounded that I would urge my colleagues to vote against it," said Sen. Larry Craig, R-Idaho, the sponsor of the gunmaker immunity bill.

Democrats won close votes on their amendments to change the Republican legislation, a strategy aimed at pressuring the GOP-dominated House to accept the restrictions to gain passage of the gunmaker-immunity bill.

While Democrats won't get the gun ban extension and the gun show legislation, they called the vote a success. "Look, everyone's between a rock and a hard place," said Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y. "The immunity bill was a terrible bill. We're better off at the end of the day than we were at the beginning of the day."

Yup, the silent treatment.
Their subscribers, including 3 Omaha Radio stations, are still saying the AWB HAS been extended. No mention of the actual bill or it's defeat
I heard this broadcast as News every half hour, all evening.
{It is now 9:20 pm Local time}