heckler&kochp2000 Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 http://marketdailynews.com/2012/11/07/senator-dianne-feinstein-moves-to-ban-all-assault-rifles-high-capacity-magazines-and-pistol-grips/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeke Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 Wow..... she looks evil an on a mission !! I pitty you guy on the west coast ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sukhoi_fan Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 Thread title has a typo, that's Fineswine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heckler&kochp2000 Posted November 9, 2012 Author Share Posted November 9, 2012 Wow..... she looks evil an on a mission !! I pitty you guy on the west coast ! You should see her before she shaves ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeke Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 You should see her before she shaves ! com on now..... you really havent been that close now ahve ya ??.............Ugggggggggggg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharkey Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 Her face or her back and butt-cheeks? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackalope Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 *sigh* I'm so disappointed in my fellow Americans right now.... I really hope this does not come to pass, because you really never know anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hookster Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 *sigh* I'm so disappointed in my fellow Americans right now.... I really hope this does not come to pass, because you really never know anymore. True that Brother......True that................... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texas skeeter Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 True that Brother......True that................... Um i'm confused...... Hookster living in Crazifornia having voted for wrinkles Pelosi!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texas skeeter Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 *sigh* I'm so disappointed in my fellow Americans right now.... The Enola Gay needs to be recomissioned and given new orders to head towards Crazifornia!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hookster Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 Um i'm confused...... Hookster living in Crazifornia having voted for wrinkles Pelosi!! Don't be dissin' my girlfriend Skeeter!!!!!!!...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AirBull Posted November 11, 2012 Share Posted November 11, 2012 I don't know how the Senate believes they can supersede the House and start doing whateverTF they want, suggesting some sort of new assault weapons ban? All bills begin in the house, not the Senate. I read an article earlier this morning on Harry Reid suggesting that they change the Senate rules pertaining to rules changes (so they can amend the rules on filibustering,) requiring a simple majority (51 votes) instead of a 2/3's majority. Really? Just pick and choose whichever rule or law that fits their agenda, and make it up as they go? Lawmakers should not be permitted to violate the law. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigHat Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 (edited) I don't know how the Senate believes they can supersede the House and start doing whateverTF they want, suggesting some sort of new assault weapons ban? All bills begin in the house, not the Senate. I read an article earlier this morning on Harry Reid suggesting that they change the Senate rules pertaining to rules changes (so they can amend the rules on filibustering,) requiring a simple majority (51 votes) instead of a 2/3's majority. Really? Just pick and choose whichever rule or law that fits their agenda, and make it up as they go? Lawmakers should not be permitted to violate the law. Feinstein is within her rights, but it's grandstanding, simple as that. And NO, they aren't violating any law in the Senate. If you and others are curious about the real process a few points to share: Any House Member or Senator can propose legislation with the exception of revenue generating bills that must originate in the House (Art.1, Section 7, Clause 1) so Feinstein can "suggest" whatever she wishes. Look up the hundreds of bills and resolutions annually numbered with an "S" vs an "H" prefix to see that the Senate has this right to propose legislation. Second, the Senate alone can do nothing. Until the Senate and the House pass identical legislation and the POTUS signs off, it means nothing. Third, the Constitution provides broad guidelines, but the Senate operates by a set of rules, and changes to those rules can and have changed frequently over time. In regard to the filibuster, 2/3s of the vote means nothing (at least currently). 2/3s of the vote required refers to passage of treaties, joint resolutions proposing amendments to the Constitution and overriding a POTUS veto. 60 votes or 3/5s invokes cloture and ends filibustering currently. This is an agreed to "rule" that can be changed, but as it offers protection to the minority, even the majority meddles with it at great peril. After all, things change. We won't see a change to a simple majority vote (ala the House) on all legislation, but we may see things that make filibustering and "holds" on nominees harder to execute or at least more visible. The constitutional option often referred to as the "nuclear option" has been in place since 1957. This is not to be confused with reconciliation, which allows issues related to the annual budget to be decided by a simple majority without the possibility of filibuster. Edited November 12, 2012 by BigHat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AirBull Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 The Senate has become a hyper-partisan vehicle of gridlock over the past decade, really forcing one to contemplate and re-examine why the need for such a chamber in the first place? Each State gets two Senators regardless as to the number of constituents? Well, at least D.C. doesn't get any, despite getting 3 votes in the electoral college. Fact of the matter remains, Fienstein can sit there and look stupid by trying to define what an assault weapon actually is, but for the next two years at least the House is controlled by the GOP and there will be no legislation on firearms. And even if the Senate were to take up a UN firearms treaty, I don't see how they would get 66 votes with only 55 Democrats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigHat Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 (edited) The Senate has become a hyper-partisan vehicle of gridlock over the past decade, really forcing one to contemplate and re-examine why the need for such a chamber in the first place? Each State gets two Senators regardless as to the number of constituents? Well, at least D.C. doesn't get any, despite getting 3 votes in the electoral college. Fact of the matter remains, Fienstein can sit there and look stupid by trying to define what an assault weapon actually is, but for the next two years at least the House is controlled by the GOP and there will be no legislation on firearms. And even if the Senate were to take up a UN firearms treaty, I don't see how they would get 66 votes with only 55 Democrats. This was basically my point. Don't worry about Feinstein and her legislation. The gun lobby and gun owners still scare the crap out of most Members that aren't in safe, urban Dem districts. I'll pass on offering comments regarding your positions on the Senate, etc. Discussions on that are better conducted elsewhere. Edited November 12, 2012 by BigHat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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