McConnell: Any gun proposals to take back seat
Source: AP
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON (AP) Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell federal spending and the countrys debt will dominate the congressional agenda for the next three months, and that debate about potential gun legislation in the wake of the Connecticut school shooting will take a back seat.
The Kentucky lawmaker tells ABCs This Week that lawmakers will wait to see what an Obama administration review led by Vice President Joe Biden might propose. McConnell says Congress will need to study any recommendations and then see whats appropriate to do.
But he says that over the coming months, nothing much beyond the countrys finances will occupy the attention of Congress.
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Read more: http://www.salon.com/2013/01/06/mcconnell_any_gun_proposals_to_take_back_seat/
samsingh
(17,595 posts)mcconnell is a lying asshole like his repug brethren
he is in the pocket of the NRA !
Frustratedlady
(16,254 posts)Hopefully, the next election will show you who is going to take a back seat on the bus out of Washington, DC. What a cold heart you have.
BeyondGeography
(39,370 posts)So, yawn.
Proud Public Servant
(2,097 posts)it's hard to see how Congressional Republicans can justify putting gun legislation ahead of their 34th attempt to repeal Obamacare. Priorities, people, priorities!
Thor_MN
(11,843 posts)They give Chinless Mitch way too much press time.
Harry Reid should also force a change in the filibuster rule too.
Republican rule # 1 pretend that republicans won the election.
JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,339 posts)since he can stop anything.
earthside
(6,960 posts)As two other posts here have pointed out, if there isn't any filibuster reform, McTurtle has complete control of the Senate agenda.
Call your Senators and demand a return to majority rule and an end to the tyranny of the minority in the U.S. Senate.
If the filibuster rule isn't changed, there will never be any debate on gun safety legislation in the Senate.
Notice how AP framed the story........really.
Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)minority leader ......... not 'Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell'
and Reid sets the agenda not the Tortoise
Paladin
(28,254 posts)You know, the one about 2nd Amendment absolutism being a "liberal" cause.
As long as you have scum like McConnell pimping for you, that's going to be an awfully tough sell....
hack89
(39,171 posts)he is pro-gun with a high NRA grade representing a pro-gun state.
slackmaster
(60,567 posts)Perhaps there will be a backroom deal to kill or water down any serious proposal and make it look like it's all the Republicans' fault.
Then it will move on to the house where the Republicans can kill it with impunity.
hack89
(39,171 posts)I think you are right.
slackmaster
(60,567 posts)...have more in common with each other than they do with "ordinary" people.
primavera
(5,191 posts)I was astonished by how much consensus there was from both parties on what needed to be done, yet no one was willing to actually do it because it would offend some campaign contributor, alienate some constituency, interfere with some under-the-table deal, whatever. I found it thoroughly disheartening to see how small a role objective reality played in the policy making process.
A Simple Game
(9,214 posts)Sadly I can't.
They put on a show during the day for the public, then go break bread and have drinks together at night. I would like to hear how they say about "us" among themselves.
It is well past the time they could be moved back to their districts. There is no longer a need for them to be based in Washington. Move them back home to face their constituents every day, and let the constituents see what their Representative(s) are really like. This would make it harder for lobbyists to access them. Local reporters and everyone else could keep a close eye on them. Maybe they would start voting for what their constituents want instead of their party and donors want. The monetary saving alone would justify this move.
tavalon
(27,985 posts)Babies were slaughtered.
hack89
(39,171 posts)the most gun hostile state in the union was unable to muster the votes for strict gun control. I disagree with your premise.
tavalon
(27,985 posts)National, baby, National.
I think my premise still works where there is sunshine. No sunshine in local races. How much did the NRA plunk down?
hack89
(39,171 posts)all those states presently experiencing record gun sales?
tavalon
(27,985 posts)even the red states will have a hard time saying no to change.
hack89
(39,171 posts)you cannot control their votes - they will punish politicians that disregard their desires.
Mojorabbit
(16,020 posts)who are pro gun control except maybe closing the so called gun show loophole. They are mostly all liberal
activists otherwise. It depends on who's definition of liberal one is using I guess or maybe where you live.
Riftaxe
(2,693 posts)but the censors are in rare form tonight
PSPS
(13,594 posts)The GOP is pretty much committed to blocking all legislation, especially any that the people want. Republicans want the country, under any democratic president and especially with "that negro" in the white house, to fail.
lobodons
(1,290 posts)McConnell seems to think as Minority Leader he is running the show.
tavalon
(27,985 posts)You'll talk about what we tell you to talk about, you obnoxious toddler.
MjolnirTime
(1,800 posts)onehandle
(51,122 posts)matt819
(10,749 posts)billbailey19448jj
(31 posts)After all, your days in office are numbered. Heartless, selfish douchebag.