House voting on Assault Weapons Ban --

[madamesilverspurs]

So far, 5 Dems voting against. Who are they???

Update: Bill passed, 217-213. Still want to know who those Dems are.


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[MarineCombatEngineer]

1. Probably Dems who are in red states. nt

[jimfields33]

7. Why do you say this? Looks like a mixture to me.

Democrats Henry Cuellar of Texas, Jared Golden of Maine, Ron Kind of Wisconsin, Vicente Gonzalez of Texas and Kurt Schrader of Oregon voted against the ban. Republicans Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania and Chris Jacobs of New York voted for the bill.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

8. At the time I posted it, I didn't know which Dems voted against it,

nor do I really care because it has zero chance in the Senate.

[jimfields33]

9. That's unfortunately true.

Thanks for the reply. Have a great weekend!

[MarineCombatEngineer]

11. I agree, very unfortunate.

You have a great weekend also.

[SoCalDavidS]

2. So I'm Sure Repubs In Blue States Will Vote Yes

Just kidding.

[Funtatlaguy]

3. Hahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhahahahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhaaaaaaaaaaaa

[Polybius]

17. Two did

Republicans who voted for the measure were Reps. Chris Jacobs of New York and Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania.

[DVRacer]

4. Now we wait

To see if the expenditure of political capital is worth it. We know going in there’s zero chance of advancing and due to its language the court will not uphold it. Will this bill help more than it hurts in November is what is left to be seen. I was under the impression yesterday this was tabled but here we are.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

6. That's by concern also,

how much political capital are we going to waste on a bill that has no chance in the Senate.

Speaker Pelosi should have, IMO, waited until after the mid terms.

[gratuitous]

12. Yes voting for something wildly popular

What could Democrats be thinking?

Oh and thank you Rep. Schraeder. You can't be gone soon enough for me.

[Lucinda]

5. ❤️ ✿❧🌿❧✿ ❤️

[ancianita]

10. The five Democrats:

Reps. Kurt Schrader of Oregon,
Henry Cuellar of Texas,
Jared Golden of Maine,
Ron Kind of Wisconsin and
Vicente Gonzalez of Texas.

[Amishman]

13. List makes sense, those are pro-gun districts and this bill has a wide impact

The magazine capacity restriction is the bigger issue; it would have a far greater impact in limiting damage in mass shootings than the actual gun ban, but it has the largest impact on more typical gun owners.

15 round limit on magazine capacity hits a lot more than assault weapons. You're getting into a lot of common pistols. The CZ-75 I have for home defense holds 17.

[ancianita]

14. Not to me. As Democrats they should support the bill. They must've known their votes were "safe."

I can't stand "safe" voting. No one Democratic rep's re-election stands on one vote, even in a pro-gun district. They didn't do their job to educate their districts in the face of "they're comin' for our guuuns!" opposition.

God, Pelosi has to put up with so much bullshit lately.

[Amishman]

15. Not sure I like the expectation that any Democratic rep has to vote party line

There are areas and bills that we support that I can't get behind. I'm not 100% in agreement with our platform.

If I can't support absolutely everything we propose 100%, I can't expect our elected officials to do it.

[Funtatlaguy]

16. Whatever it takes to keep the majority is what they should do.

[ancianita]

18. I think the rep should. It's not about what he alone can get behind but what he sells to

his district: that some bills they only care about with their narrow self interest, will still do the greatest good for the greatest number -- they could help save lives, and they still get to keep and bear arms, a win-win. Reps don't vote just to go along to get along in the fear of losing their jobs.

You can also recognize that I did note that they probably took safe votes knowing the bill would pass, anyway, right?