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In reply to the discussion: a question Mr. Pelley: "Is it true you're a liar and a fraud?" [View all]Bill USA
(6,436 posts)37. Hillary Clinton: Bernie Sanders voted against Brady bill five times- PolitiFact: TRUE
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2015/oct/13/hillary-clinton/hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders-voted-against-brady/
1. In May 1991, Sanders voted against a version that mandated a seven-day waiting period for background checks, but the bill passed in the House.
2. The Senate decreased the waiting period to five days and the bill returned to the House. In November 1991, Sanders voted against that version. Though it passed in the House, the Senate didnt muster enough votes. The Brady bill and its gun control stance remained in limbo during 1992.
3. After some back and forth, a version of the bill resurfaced that reinstated the five-day waiting period. In November 1993, Sanders voted against that version twice in the same day, but for an amendment imposing an instant background check instead (seen by some as pointless, as the technology for instant checks didnt exist at the time).
4. He also voted against an amendment that would have ended state waiting periods, and for an amendment giving those denied a gun the right to know why.
5. The final compromise version of the Brady bill -- an interim five-day waiting period while installing an instant background check system -- was passed and signed into law on Nov. 30, 1993. Sanders voted against it.
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Sanders first vote against background checks was in 1991.
from 1999 through 2015 519,000 people died by gunshot in the U.S. (on short notice could not find figures for 1991-1998)
[font size="+1"]How many of that half a million people would be alive today if we had had background checks since 1999?
THANKS BERNIE!!!
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1. In May 1991, Sanders voted against a version that mandated a seven-day waiting period for background checks, but the bill passed in the House.
2. The Senate decreased the waiting period to five days and the bill returned to the House. In November 1991, Sanders voted against that version. Though it passed in the House, the Senate didnt muster enough votes. The Brady bill and its gun control stance remained in limbo during 1992.
3. After some back and forth, a version of the bill resurfaced that reinstated the five-day waiting period. In November 1993, Sanders voted against that version twice in the same day, but for an amendment imposing an instant background check instead (seen by some as pointless, as the technology for instant checks didnt exist at the time).
4. He also voted against an amendment that would have ended state waiting periods, and for an amendment giving those denied a gun the right to know why.
5. The final compromise version of the Brady bill -- an interim five-day waiting period while installing an instant background check system -- was passed and signed into law on Nov. 30, 1993. Sanders voted against it.
(more)
Sanders first vote against background checks was in 1991.
from 1999 through 2015 519,000 people died by gunshot in the U.S. (on short notice could not find figures for 1991-1998)
[font size="+1"]How many of that half a million people would be alive today if we had had background checks since 1999?
THANKS BERNIE!!!
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it's also a newsworthy question to report on six investigations & whether there is political motives
Bill USA
Feb 2016
#4
it may... but even if she wins it may simply mean the other guy is less trusted
tk2kewl
Feb 2016
#30
P.T. Barnum is alleged to have said: "There's a sucker born every minute." .. u should read the OP
Bill USA
Feb 2016
#54
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Bill USA
Feb 2016
#55
"blizzard of words"? IT's called relevant information. It's required reading to avoid being a sucker
Bill USA
Feb 2016
#59
you were told that by Bernie supporters. They think they are the only ones who care for the
Bill USA
Feb 2016
#7
Was Hillary thinking of these 5 "little guys" when she supported a coup in their country?
tk2kewl
Feb 2016
#13
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Bill USA
Feb 2016
#17
Hillary Clinton: Bernie Sanders voted against Brady bill five times- PolitiFact: TRUE
Bill USA
Feb 2016
#22
Hillary Clinton: Bernie Sanders voted against Brady bill five times- PolitiFact: TRUE
Bill USA
Feb 2016
#37
neither war nor gun votes is relevant to this thread, but when did BS people stick to the point?LOL
Bill USA
Feb 2016
#43
Hillary Clinton’s claim that Bernie Sanders voted for the ‘Charleston loophole’:factchecker - TRUE
Bill USA
Feb 2016
#50
You seem quite persistent Bill, so I'll tell you what I think about gun control
tk2kewl
Feb 2016
#58
sorry you've failed. the Bushter created the chaos in MidEast. your remark is straight
Bill USA
Feb 2016
#19
No. You need to do even just a little reading. It's all right at your fingertips. nt.
polly7
Feb 2016
#20
the chaos in the midEast was caused by Bush's invasion of iraq and deposition of Saddan Hussein
Bill USA
Feb 2016
#23
parroting GOP propaganda re HRC doesn't indicate the critical thought necessary for grasp of reality
Bill USA
Feb 2016
#35
I've 'made my case' with hundreds of articles here I've read, researched and followed up on.
polly7
Feb 2016
#36
ah, trying to insult me is not making a valid point, even if it makes you feel less intimidated by
Bill USA
Feb 2016
#44
still no links to any coherent arguments? Just curious, since you haven't provided any.
Recoverin_Republican
Feb 2016
#62
isolationism is not a feasible foreign policy for the U.S. We can't withdraw from the World.
Bill USA
Feb 2016
#40
Even Peter Rabbit realized he had to come out of his burrow sometime during his little bunnie life.
Bill USA
Feb 2016
#46
She could have given him a very 'political' answer and said: "Never" Like most people in Politics
Bill USA
Feb 2016
#42
I liked the OP, then it was turned into a very Republican sounding thread
world wide wally
Feb 2016
#28