NRA’s A-Rated Senators Caving on Gun Control: With S. 649 likely Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's last chance to pass gun control legislation in this session, Senator John Manchin (D-W.Va.) has been working hard to bring the National Rifle Association into the discussion on how to make the bill palatable to those opposed to the background-checks. On the other hand, Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.) has been working on an effort to stop the legislation by filibustering it.
But Paul's effort was thwarted on April 11 when the Senate invoked cloture by a 68-to-31 vote (8 more "yea" votes than needed to invoke cloture), allowing the bill to proceed. Shortly before the vote, Senators Paul, Mike Lee (R-UT), and Ted Cruz (R-TX) released a joint statement saying, "The effort to push through legislation that no one had read highlights one of the primary reasons we announced our intention to force a 60 vote threshold."
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