Senate to start votes on gun bill on Wednesday

[Tx4obama]

Senate to start votes on gun bill on Wednesday

(CNN) – The Senate will vote on amendments to the gun bill starting on Wednesday, Majority Leader Harry Reid said.

The list of votes includes the bipartisan yet controversial agreement on expanding background checks proposed by Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, and Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pennsylvania.

Also scheduled will be a vote on Democratic Sen. Diane Feinstein's ban on the sale of semiautomatic rifles modeled after military style assault weapons.

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A proposal by Republican Sen. John Cornyn of Texas on permitting concealed weapons to be carried across state lines will also be considered, Reid said.

Other votes include a bipartisan amendment dealing with mental health and five other measures.

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http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2013/04/16/senate-to-start-votes-on-gun-bill-on-wednesday/?on.cnn=1

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Agreement on next amendments to S.649, gun safety legislation; 9 RCV @ 4:00pm
Apr 16, ’13 7:46 PM
Categories Floor Updates

The Senate has reached an agreement for 8 additional amendments to be in order S.649, the Safe Communities, Safe Schools Act of 2013. The Manchin-Toomey amendment #715 (background checks) is currently pending to the bill. The agreement results in a series of up to 9 roll call votes at approximately 4:00pm on Wednesday, April 17th. The details of the agreement are below.



It is in order for the Manchin-Toomey amendment #715 to be set aside and the following amendments to be called up:

- Grassley substitute amendment consistent with the summary which is at the desk;

- Leahy-Collins amendment #713 (trafficking);

- Cornyn amendment #719 (conceal carry);

- Feinstein amendment #711 (assault weapons/clip bans);

- Burr amendment #720 (veterans/guns);

- Lautenberg-Blumenthal amendment #714 (high capacity clip ban)

- Barrasso amendment #717 (privacy) and

- Harkin-Alexander amendment relative to mental health, the text of which is at the desk.



Following Leader remarks on Wednesday, April 17th, the time until 4:00pm will be equally divided between the two Leaders, or their designees, to debate the amendments concurrently.



At approximately 4:00pm, the Senate will proceed to a series of up to 9 roll call votes in the order listed below. All amendments will be subject to a 60 affirmative-vote threshold. No other amendments or motions to commit are in order to any of these amendments or to the bill prior to these votes. There will be 2 minutes of debate equally divided prior to each vote. All votes after the first vote will be 10 minutes in duration.

- Manchin-Toomey amendment #715

- Grassley substitute amendment consistent with the summary which is at the desk;

- Leahy-Collins amendment #713 (trafficking);

- Cornyn amendment #719 (conceal carry);

- Feinstein amendment #711 (assault weapons/clip bans);

- Burr amendment #720 (veterans/guns);

- Lautenberg-Blumenthal amendment #714 (high capacity clip ban)

- Barrasso amendment #717 (privacy) and

- Harkin-Alexander amendment relative to mental health, the text of which is at the desk.

http://democrats.senate.gov/2013/04/16/agreement-on-next-amendments-to-s-649-gun-safety-legislation-9-rcv-400pm/

[Cha]

1. Thanks Tx.. so do you think this dinner tonight with Pres Obama

and the Dems is to do with the Gun Law Vote coming up? I do.

[Tx4obama]

2. I don't know. But...

President Obama eventually will have to find a HUGE room to have all the folks from The House over for dinner to talk them into voting for the gun safety bills

We are going to have to take The House back in 2014 if we want to see anything actually get done on the gun safety issue

[Cha]

3. Right on the House. But, if the Senate passes it.. it will at least

be in the House's court. And, an even better reason to take the House in 2014.