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Wait, I thought it was the NRA and Republicans that are stopping this "common sense " gun control.. That is what the media tells us anyway > Take a look at the Yea's, and Nay's and what letter D or R is next to the Nays
U.S. Senate: Roll Call Vote
Posted from senate.govPosted in these groups: 
Politics
Gun Control
Politics Gun Control
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Unless I'm misreading the link, that's the roll-call vote for cloture (closing debate). It does not tell us how the Senators voted on the bill itself (because with cloture having failed, there is no vote on the bill). My understanding is that a vote against cloture can keep a bill alive because it takes 3/5 of the Senate to close debate (60 votes currently) but only a simple majority (half plus one, or 51) to pass or kill it. So if a Senator knows a favored bill will fail by a majority but less than a 3/5 majority (meaning, more than 50 but fewer than 60 votes against it), the Senator's best course of action in favor of the bill is to vote against cloture to prevent a vote on the actual bill itself. Conversely, if a Senator is opposed to the bill, a vote for cloture (that is, to close debate) is effectively a vote against the bill because with cloture, the bill can get a vote and fail by a simple majority.
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Col Rebecca Lorraine
It helps when both sides know the legislative process. Very nice explanation of the facts.
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And yup, another gun bill voted DOWN by democrats http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=114&session=2&vote=00105
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MAJ Matthew Arnold
Issues relating to the second amendment have never been a straight party line vote. My old Representative, Jim Mathison is a Democrat, but he is a strong supporting of the right to own guns. If I remember right, the old Blue Dog Coalition, Democrats, was in support of the right to own guns.
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