In what was seen to be the best hope for gun control advocates, a bipartisan background checks amendment has now been killed. The amendment, created by Republican Senator Pat Toomey (R-PA) and Democratic Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), failed to get pass a Republican-led filibuster. The cloture vote passed in 54-46, […]
In a 68-31 vote, the Senate succeeded in a cloture vote that ended an anti-gun control filibuster. Several Republicans voted for cloture, including Sens. McCain, Flake, Kirk, and Toomey. Senator Pat Toomey was part of the compromise on background checks, he had worked with Democratic Senator Joe Manchin. Two Democrats, […]
Sen. Toomey might be being a little hypocritical is in treatment of Secretary of Defense nominee Chuck Hagel. Earlier, he voted against cloture of the filibuster, but said, “The president deserves considerable latitude on appointing members of his cabinet and I have typically supported those nominees including those with whom […]
