[Brilliant]

I doubt that Coburn is blocking this. Last I heard the bill was caught in a turf battle between Leahy and Kennedy. Schumer is probably trying to blame his failure to push it thru on Coburn because he doesn’t want to admit its the Dems fault. it makes no sense that one minority Senator could block this from coming to the floor.

[neverdem]

I doubt that Coburn is blocking this. Last I heard the bill was caught in a turf battle between Leahy and Kennedy. Schumer is probably trying to blame his failure to push it thru on Coburn because he doesn’t want to admit its the Dems fault. it makes no sense that one minority Senator could block this from coming to the floor.

They do it with judicial nominees, IIRC. The Senate has a bunch of weird rules.

New U.S. Senator opposing H.R. 2640, and a detailed rebuttal of the NRA's defense of gun control

P.S. Thanks for helping me find this. I searched coburn hr2640 hold and found that.

[neverdem]

Senator Christopher Dodd, the Connecticut Democrat, said he would put a personal hold on the compromise cooked up by Senator Rockefeller and the White House.

Here's an example of what I tried describe the other day.