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Tx4obama

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Thu Mar 21, 2013, 12:17 AM Mar 2013

Joe Biden: Assault Weapons Ban Push Will Continue For Obama Administration


Assault Weapons Ban Push Will Continue For Obama Administration: Joe Biden

WASHINGTON — The White House is still pushing for an assault weapons ban, Vice President Joe Biden said Wednesday, even though Senate Democrats all but sealed its fate by dropping it from the gun-control package they plan to consider next month.

Although the ban's sponsor still plans to offer it as an amendment, it is almost certain to fall victim to opposition from Republicans and likely some Democrats, too. In jettisoning the ban Tuesday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said it fell far short of the amount of support it would need to survive a vote and said including the assault weapons ban could sink the whole bill.

"Attitudes are changing," Biden said in an interview with NPR News. "The president and I are going to continue to push, and we haven't given up on it."

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/20/assault-weapons-ban_n_2919544.html

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Joe Biden: Assault Weapons Ban Push Will Continue For Obama Administration (Original Post) Tx4obama Mar 2013 OP
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