Sen. Harry Reid has abandoned Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s assualt weapons ban amendment to a gun control bill moving through the Senate. The reason? Reid could not find many people that supported it.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said Tuesday he will not include a renewal of the federal assault weapons ban in a Senate gun control bill because it could not win even 40 votes on the Senate floor.
“Right now her amendment using the most optimistic numbers has less than 40 votes,” Reid told reporters on Tuesday. “That’s not 60. I have to get something on the floor so we can have votes on that issue and the other issues we talked about.”
Reid indicated a proposal sponsored by Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) to expand background checks to cover private gun sales would not make it in the base bill, either.
