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babsbunny

(8,441 posts) Mon Nov 26, 2012, 09:35 PM Nov 2012

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GOP stops Sportsmen’s bill on budget violation

http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/269443-gop-stops-sportmens-bill-on-budget-violation

By Ramsey Cox - 11/26/12 06:46 PM ET

Republicans stopped Sen. Jon Tester’s (D-Mont.) Sportsmen’s Act dead in its tracks Monday evening.

The Sportsmen’s Act, S. 3525, would have increased access to federal land for hunters and fishermen, while also supporting conservation measures, but Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) raised a budget point of order, saying Tester’s bill violated the Budget Control Act.

Democrats tried to waive the budget point of order, but the motion failed on a 50-34 vote – 60 votes were needed.

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GOP stops Sportsmen’s bill on budget violation (Original Post) babsbunny Nov 2012 OP

So is this a case where filibuster reform would have helped? quakerboy Nov 2012 #1

quakerboy

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1. So is this a case where filibuster reform would have helped?

Reply to babsbunny (Original post)

Mon Nov 26, 2012, 10:28 PM

Nov 2012

Where are all the pro-hunter NRA types on this one?

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