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https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/23/politics/manchin-house-gun-bills-democrats/index.html(CNN)Sen. Joe Manchin, a centrist Democrat from West Virginia, said Tuesday that he does not support the two gun safety bills the House passed earlier this month and instead is still pushing to pass the more narrow Manchin-Toomey compromise bill that he developed with Republican Sen. Pat Toomey -- but failed to pass -- after the Sandy Hook Elementary School mass shooting.
"No, I don't support what the House passed," Manchin told CNN as he left the Senate floor. "Not at all."
Manchin's opposition underscores a major divide among Democrats over how to tackle gun control -- a key priority for their voters -- even as the party now controls Congress and the White House and faces intense pressure to take action in the wake of a massacre at a Colorado supermarket that left 10 dead, including a store manager and a police officer.
The chances the Senate could pass any gun legislation remain highly unlikely given that would require significant Republican support to overcome a filibuster. But Manchin's stance shows that Democratic leaders would not even be able to count on votes from their entire caucus for gun legislation passed by the Democratic-controlled House, making any effort to pass the bills even more challenging and divisive for their party.
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SoCalDavidS
(9,998 posts)That's my go to statement from now on.
BannonsLiver
(16,369 posts)We have quite a few gunners here, which says it all about the pervasiveness of gunners and gun culture in our society. Rest assured they wont give up a single round, or single weapon because even giving just a little bit somehow violates their freedom.
Freddie
(9,259 posts)And while I still despise Toomey, that was pretty brave of him to support any gun control legislation. When he did that the comments on his FB page (from Republicans) were absolutely brutal.
Fiendish Thingy
(15,585 posts)EndlessWire
(6,513 posts)WHITT
(2,868 posts)Same old schtick.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)It's a divide between Democrats and Joe Manchin.
Wounded Bear
(58,647 posts)Wounded Bear
(58,647 posts)It's one guy (or a couple of folks) using Senate rules to block shit from getting done.
Pretty sure well over 40 Dems, probably 45+, would support the bills. Manchin and Sinema are the only two I can think of, and now that King has joined in, that's half of the Indies that caucus with us.
Blecht
(3,803 posts)Fuck this framing.
Calista241
(5,586 posts)People have no idea about what consequences are.