Deal reached on background checks in Senate

[kpete]

Source: cnn

Deal reached on background checks in Senate

Posted by
CNN Political Unit

(CNN) - Sens. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, and Patrick J. Toomey, R-Pennsylvania, plan to announce a bipartisan deal on background checks for gun shows and Internet sales at an 11 a.m. press conference today, CNN's Dana Bash has learned.

A Democratic leadership source says the compromise will likely be the first amendment to gun legislation being considered, after the Senate votes to begin the gun debate Thursday.

READ MORE: CNN Poll: Popular background checks also cause worry

The breakthrough background check agreement is a key part of gun legislation. Because it has been struck by two senators with strong support from the NRA, they hope to find the 60 votes that will be needed to overcome opposition to pass their amendment

The senate is expected to debate gun legislation for at least two weeks.

Read more: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2013/04/10/deal-reached-on-background-checks-in-senate/?hpt=hp_t1

[femmocrat]

1. Well, it's a start.

Let's keep pressuring them for tougher restrictions, though.

[slackmaster]

2. "Restrictions" are useless. More comprehensive background checks are far more important.

The classes of people who should not be allowed to have firearms have already been identified. The incomplete part of the system is identifying them whenever they attempt to acquire a weapon.

[Robb]

3. Antibiotics are important

...but all of us need to wash our hands, too. You don't stop the spread of disease just by handing out pills.

[derby378]

4. Like some kid named Mick once said...

[Bluenorthwest]

5. So you feel this compromise is 'what we need'?

nt

[srican69]

6. Ok kids!- the dog and pony show is over .. the bill now heads to the house where it will die.

any questions?

[Orsino]

7. I got all excited...

...then realized you weren't talking about better vetting of senators.

[Mnpaul]

8. Even if it does make it through the Senate

It will probably die a quick death in the House. No one is talking about that.

[ManiacJoe]

9. 11 paragraphs in the article

and not even a hint as to what the "deal" involved. You gotta love modern journalism....