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kpete

(71,957 posts)
Fri Nov 9, 2018, 04:00 PM Nov 2018

15 House Repubs with A-NRA ratings lost on Tuesday-All 15 were replaced by Dems with F-NRA ratings

WASHINGTON—Democrats say they will pass the most aggressive gun-control legislation in decades when they become the House majority in January, plans they renewed this week in the aftermath of a mass killing in a California bar.

Their efforts will be spurred by an incoming class of pro-gun-control lawmakers who scored big in Tuesday’s midterm elections, although any measure would likely meet stiff resistance in the GOP-controlled Senate.

Democrats ousted at least 15 House Republicans with “A” National Rifle Association ratings, while the candidates elected to replace them all scored an “F” NRA rating.

“This new majority is not going to be afraid of our shadow,” said Mike Thompson, a California Democrat who is chairman of the House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force. “We know that we’ve been elected to do a job, and we’re going to do it.”



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https://www.wsj.com/articles/democrats-plan-to-pursue-most-aggressive-gun-control-legislation-in-decades-1541791440

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15 House Repubs with A-NRA ratings lost on Tuesday-All 15 were replaced by Dems with F-NRA ratings (Original Post) kpete Nov 2018 OP
K&R Scurrilous Nov 2018 #1
Get thee to the Greatest Page, my dear kpete! CaliforniaPeggy Nov 2018 #2
We should thank the kids from MSD in Parkland malaise Nov 2018 #13
It truly was, my dear malaise! CaliforniaPeggy Nov 2018 #14
Let's see what happens . . . gratuitous Nov 2018 #3
So good to hear this. BSdetect Nov 2018 #4
Cool. LisaL Nov 2018 #5
May the NRA go down in flames! Initech Nov 2018 #6
School shootings Turbineguy Nov 2018 #7
Wow! This isn't the electorate just speaking up, it's shouting. Hortensis Nov 2018 #8
Putin wants he money back. safeinOhio Nov 2018 #9
K&R highplainsdem Nov 2018 #10
Beautiful Irony.. Cha Nov 2018 #11
love it Hermit-The-Prog Nov 2018 #15
I know, right.. Cha Nov 2018 #16
And FUCK OFF FOREVER Kim Davis you wretched maggot Takket Nov 2018 #19
Fear of the NRA is over malaise Nov 2018 #12
K and R oasis Nov 2018 #17
F'ing eh. Liberal In Texas Nov 2018 #18
K&R Solly Mack Nov 2018 #20

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
3. Let's see what happens . . .
Fri Nov 9, 2018, 04:09 PM
Nov 2018

When lawmakers know that the voters have their back against a terrorist organization like the NRA, let's see what happens with legislation for the reasonable regulation of firearms.

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