McConnell blocks help for abuse victims as lockdown puts them at greater risk
Source: American Independent
By Josh Israel -May 19, 2020 2:11 PM
New polling finds a surge of support for gun safety measures amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
After closing down for a month due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Republican-controlled U.S. Senate has returned to its usual role of blocking legislation previously passed by the Democratic-led House of Representatives, including some that could help abuse victims trapped in lockdown with their abusers.
Last year, the House passed hundreds of pieces of legislation, including a bipartisan gun safety bill that would require universal background checks for all firearms sales. Although that bill passed by a strong 240-to-190 majority last February, it has not been given a vote in the Senate. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has vowed to block it and at least 394 other House bills.
"It is true. They've been on full left-wing parade over there, trotting out all of their left-wing solutions that are going to be issues in the fall campaign," McConnell told Fox News in February. "We're not gonna pass those." He has previously nicknamed himself the "Grim Reaper" who kills progressive legislation.
Without the gun safety law, people in most states can purchase guns through private sales, including at gun shows, without having to go through any criminal background check.
Read more: https://americanindependent.com/mitch-mcconnell-blocking-gun-safety-bills-coronavirus-abuse-victims-senate-gop-covid-19/
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It is time, long over due to vote a serial abuser out of office.............
Solution:
https://secure.actblue.com/donate/amymcgrathkentucky
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Maybe just maybe, I might not piss on your grave, but instead just bring a gallon jug full and dump it?
But I will be dancing in the street when he is announced dead, even if just alone and for 30 secs.
