Barack Obama
Related: About this forumDeal Reached on Background Checks
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Sen. Patrick Toomey (R-PA) signaled they have "reached a deal in principle on expanding background checks to include more gun sales, in what was widely seen as the major sticking point on the biggest gun control legislation to reach the floor since 1994," Roll Call reports.
They will hold a news conference at 11 am Wednesday
http://politicalwire.com/archives/2013/04/09/deal_reached_on_background_checks.html
Link found at the Obama Diary!
Yes we can!
Thank you Mr President, and VP Biden!
calimary
(84,144 posts)If true - EVEN MORE HEAT is required!!!!
TOLL FREE Capitol Hill switchboard numbers in my sig line below:
Cha
(305,022 posts)calimary!
sheshe2
(87,221 posts)Thanks calimary, more pressure it is!
IrishAyes
(6,151 posts)thanks She!
And, thank you President Obama, VP Biden and all those People who actually called in and let their voices be heard!
I'll miss the press conference, will have to find a clip when I get home!
Cha
(305,022 posts)freshwest
(53,661 posts)sheshe2
(87,221 posts)IrishAyes
(6,151 posts)But it would still be helpful if someone told me how that's done. I purchased a membership partly for that reason.
Cha
(305,022 posts)In the bottom left corner of the OP there's a box that says "DU Rec". You just click on that.
Please let me know if it works for you.
IrishAyes
(6,151 posts)I'd searched and searched for that little button. Now you'll believe me when I say I'm dyslexic and also have an astigmatism! I'm not too lazy to look, just too loopy to see. But now that I know where it is, rec'ing will be easy.
Cha
(305,022 posts)of discovering the secrets of our computer screen!