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The Senate, "Getting Something on the Floor' and Trusting it's not a Dead Child.

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So, I don't have a solution for this, but I have a suggestion and I think it merits support. I want Harry Reid to bring that "new' gun law of his to the floor of the Senate, including the assault weapons ban. I want him to require a roll-call vote by every single Senator--no exceptions--if a Senator can't (or won't) be there, a proxy vote in the Senator's name is required.

I am willing to see this bill be defeated, but I am not willing to see it defeated by Harry Reid taking the pulse of the Senate and withdrawing (by anonymous speculation) the only part of the bill that has teeth. We've had far too much of that.

I want the names and you and your children are entitled to see the names.

 

 

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