Gun Control Bill Dies in Senate

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Gun control advocates, including Obama, had voiced high hopes for significant action after the Newtown shootings. But the lineup of possible legislation gradually dwindled to a focus on background checks, and in the end even that could not win Senate passage. Chances in the Republican-controlled House had seemed even slimmer.

By agreement of Senate leaders, a 60-vote majority was required for approval of any of the provisions brought to a vote.

The vote on the background check was 54-46, well short of the 60 votes needed to advance. Forty-one Republicans and five Democrats voted to reject the plan.

The proposed ban on assault weapons commanded 40 votes; the bid to block sales of high capacity ammunition clips drew 46.

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FREEDOM!!!

[Sailor]

Don't get complacent my friends. Harry Reid switched his vote from YES to NO right at the end of the voting and under the arcane rules of the Senate this allows him to resurrect this piece of crap again at a later date.

It ain't dead, just sleeping.