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Gun Control Reform Activism

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13. I thought it was 56-44

Wed Apr 17, 2013, 07:28 PM

Apr 2013

So which was the background check amendment that the President spoke about?

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The NRA lost a battle bigtime in the National reciprocity amendment. It failed 57-43 [View all] graham4anything Apr 2013 OP

A link below with MORE amendments that failed... Tx4obama Apr 2013 #1

How do I access the vote on the bill itself? BainsBane Apr 2013 #10

I thought it was 56-44 BainsBane Apr 2013 #13

found it BainsBane Apr 2013 #14

The only good news here Bolo Boffin Apr 2013 #2

Politics is really just a big game of give and take shedevil69taz Apr 2013 #3

Not really sure how its a HUGE defeat for them shedevil69taz Apr 2013 #7

HOSTS please. Terms of this group- graham4anything Apr 2013 #8

NRA gives, and its craven coward suck-ups take........... lastlib Apr 2013 #9

It's battle between Americans and the gun manufacturer lobby CreekDog Apr 2013 #17

Yet CCW reciprocity gets more votes than Toomey-Manchin Pullo Apr 2013 #5

Yes it does. Because the poison pen was known as a poison pen. graham4anything Apr 2013 #6

You have a strange definition of lost Progressive dog Apr 2013 #11

We did 'win' one, in a sense jimmy the one Apr 2013 #16