Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) is testing Republicans’ resolve to filibuster gun legislation by setting up an important procedural vote on the measure Thursday, Roll Call reports.
Reid “filed cloture on the motion to proceed to the most ambitious set of gun control proposals to reach the Senate floor since 1994. The package is a top priority for President Obama and congressional Democrats, who in recent days have assailed a group of 13 Senate Republicans — in addition to Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky — for threatening to block an up-or-down vote on the plan.”
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