Biden Calls for Gun Control Measures

[Toby Bradshaw]

How did the 94 bill get passed? I cant remember.

The "assault weapons" ban was an amendment to the 1994 crime bill. It wasn't filibustered in the Senate and passed with bipartisan support 56-43, with 10 Republicans voting in favor (and 9 Democrats, mostly from the South, opposed). Sausage-making at its finest, resulting in the wave midterm election of 1994 that gave Republicans control of the House for the first time in 42 years.

Obviously, the Congress is much more polarized now.

What about the nfa 86?

FOPA 1986 was introduced by a Republican from Idaho and endorsed by the NRA.

 

[BigJohnson2]

How did the 94 bill get passed? I cant remember. What about the nfa 86?

4 R yes 1 R no vote

Vote Counts:
YEAs61

NAYs
38

Not Voting
1

Akaka (D-HI), Yea
Baucus (D-MT), Yea
Bennett (R-UT), Nay
Biden (D-DE), Yea
Bingaman (D-NM), Yea
Bond (R-MO), Nay
Boren (D-OK), Yea
Boxer (D-CA), Yea
Bradley (D-NJ), Yea
Breaux (D-LA), Yea
Brown (R-CO), Nay
Bryan (D-NV), Yea
Bumpers (D-AR), Yea
Burns (R-MT), Nay
Byrd (D-WV), Yea
Campbell (D-CO), Yea
Chafee (R-RI), Yea
Coats (R-IN), Nay
Cochran (R-MS), Nay
Cohen (R-ME), Yea
Conrad (D-ND), Yea
Coverdell (R-GA), Nay
Craig (R-ID), Nay
D'Amato (R-NY), Nay
Danforth (R-MO), Yea
Daschle (D-SD), Yea
DeConcini (D-AZ), Yea
Dodd (D-CT), Yea
Dole (R-KS), Nay
Domenici (R-NM), Nay
Dorgan (D-ND), Yea
Durenberger (R-MN), Nay
Exon (D-NE), Yea
Faircloth (R-NC), Nay
Feingold (D-WI), Nay
Feinstein (D-CA), Yea
Ford (D-KY), Yea
Glenn (D-OH), Yea
Gorton (R-WA), Nay
Graham (D-FL), Yea
Gramm (R-TX), Nay
Grassley (R-IA), Nay
Gregg (R-NH), Nay
Harkin (D-IA), Yea
Hatch (R-UT), Nay
Hatfield (R-OR), Nay
Heflin (D-AL), Yea
Helms (R-NC), Nay
Hollings (D-SC), Yea
Hutchison (R-TX), Nay
Inouye (D-HI), Yea
Jeffords (R-VT), Yea
Johnston (D-LA), Yea
Kassebaum (R-KS), Yea
Kempthorne (R-ID), Nay
Kennedy (D-MA), Yea
Kerrey (D-NE), Yea
Kerry (D-MA), Yea
Kohl (D-WI), Yea
Lautenberg (D-NJ), Yea
Leahy (D-VT), Yea
Levin (D-MI), Yea
Lieberman (D-CT), Yea
Lott (R-MS), Nay
Lugar (R-IN), Nay
Mack (R-FL), Nay
Mathews (D-TN), Yea
McCain (R-AZ), Nay
McConnell (R-KY), Nay
Metzenbaum (D-OH), Yea
Mikulski (D-MD), Yea
Mitchell (D-ME), Yea
Moseley-Braun (D-IL), Yea
Moynihan (D-NY), Yea
Murkowski (R-AK), Nay
Murray (D-WA), Yea
Nickles (R-OK), Nay
Nunn (D-GA), Yea
Packwood (R-OR), Nay
Pell (D-RI), Yea
Pressler (R-SD), Nay
Pryor (D-AR), Yea
Reid (D-NV), Yea
Riegle (D-MI), Yea
Robb (D-VA), Yea
Rockefeller (D-WV), Yea
Roth (R-DE), Yea
Sarbanes (D-MD), Yea
Sasser (D-TN), Yea
Shelby (D-AL), Nay
Simon (D-IL), Yea
Simpson (R-WY), Nay
Smith (R-NH), Nay
Specter (R-PA), Yea
Stevens (R-AK), Nay
Thurmond (R-SC), Nay
Wallop (R-WY), Not Voting
Warner (R-VA), Nay
Wellstone (D-MN), Yea
Wofford (D-PA), Yea

 

[JimT]

How do the Democrats control the Senate with their 48 seats, when the Republicans have 50 seats? I know there are two Independents, but by their own volition they are neither Republican or Democrat. I'm not trying to start a fight, I really am curious about this.

It’s really not that hard to answer questions like yours if you have the determination.

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[LHSmith]

How do the Democrats control the Senate with their 48 seats, when the Republicans have 50 seats? I know there are two Independents, but by their own volition they are neither Republican or Democrat. I'm not trying to start a fight, I really am curious about this.

It is 50/50 with the VJ the deciding vote. You missed where we won 2 Georgia seats in Nov., but ingenious voter fraud lost them in January. What you are forgetting are the RINO's- and more and more of them are showing their heads, and with Mitch's and McCarthy's latest actions it ain't lookin' good.
The other thing is the Constitution is now interpreted the way it benefits THEM...and House and Senate Rules will go the same way. There is no "Rule of Law" when it applies to them.
The scariest thing is there is NO pushback to this charade what-so-ever.

 

[Dusty Stevens]

Neither Perdue nor Loeffler won a majority in Georgia on 3 November.



Voter fraud committed by Georgia's Republican Secretary of State, the Republican legislature (both houses), or the Republican Governor?

Actually perdue won but didnt win by enough so it triggered a runoff. Neither had a full majority but perdue won- Perdue (49.73%) and Ossoff (47.95%)

 

[Toby Bradshaw]

Actually perdue won but didnt win by enough so it triggered a runoff. Neither had a full majority but perdue won- Perdue (49.73%) and Ossoff (47.95%)

Georgia election law requires an absolute majority to win, not a plurality. Hence the top-two runoff elections for the Senate seats on 5 Jan.

 

[LHSmith]

Neither Perdue nor Loeffler won a majority in Georgia on 3 November.



Voter fraud committed by Georgia's Republican Secretary of State, the Republican legislature (both houses), or the Republican Governor?

They both had more votes than their opponents....in my book and most other states that's a win.....should have been end of story. Georgia made up the re-do rule and now we all have to suffer the consequences. Why would a sane society prolong the election process?
Yes, the establishment GOP stabbed us in the back. This is why I am so worried.

 

[Toby Bradshaw]

Georgia made up the re-do rule and now we all have to suffer the consequences.

Georgia election law is made by a Republican-controlled legislature and signed by a Republican governor. It requires an absolute majority to win. If a plurality were sufficient for victory, Warnock would have defeated Loeffler on 3 November instead of having to wait another couple of months.