“We’ve tried to negotiate,” Schumer said, adding that talks with Coburn are “not getting that far. We might have to bring it to a vote.”
Taking a recorded vote on the gun database bill could complicate its initially strong prospects.
What, you mean people woud actually have to stand behind something they profess to believe in and would impose on the rest of us?
I know there is a lot of noisy controversy over what this bill supposedly will or won't do, but for crying out loud: only in the convoluted and perverse world of politics could taking a vote be construed as a "complication."
Since when has government doing things in the dark ever been a good thing?
[Via WmH]