In what was nearly a party-line vote of 217-213, the U.S. House of Representatives voted Friday to ban what they are calling “assault weapons,” but the legislation may not even receive a vote in the Senate, which is evenly divided between Democrats and Republicans. In 1994, President Bill Clinton signed a 10-year ban on so-called ... The post House “Assault Weapons” Ban Unlikely to Pass the Senate appeared first on The New American. August 01, 2022 at 02:18PM - Steve Byas |
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Steve Byas Steve Byas is a professor of History & Government at Randall University, in Norman, Oklahoma. For nearly four decades he has been a publishing partner of the Oklahoma Constitution newspaper. His publication is highly regarded in political circles and among the conservative base. The publication's annual Conservative Index is a scoring of each of the 149 state legislators. It has become a standard for identifying the core principles (or lack thereof) of each elected official in the legislature. Recent HeadlinesArchives
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