Obama invited a gun control advocate to his State of the Union speech last night and gave him nothing.
Month: January 2015
Trump was never going to run
Donald Trump acknowledges he was never seriously considering running for Governor.
This is going to be a big surprise for some supposedly pro-gun “activists” in WNY who spent last spring pushing for Trump instead of getting behind Rob Astorino from the get-go.
Marchione’s SAFE repeal bills
Moderate Democrats could be key to reciprocity?
From today’s Washington Post, “A small band of moderate Democrats could be key to the GOP Senate’s success“:
“Some of the most influential senators in the new Congress are neither in the majority nor among the longest-serving … they’re a pack of Democrats from mostly smaller, rural states who are inclined to work with Republicans on legislation President Obama doesn’t support. They may even be willing to help the GOP override his vetoes … These moderate Democrats say they will cooperate if Republicans don’t use the Senate floor to score political points — as Democrats have done over the past several years … Sen. Joe Donnelly (D-Ind.) … said he’ll support bills “that both Republicans and Democrats who sit down and talk to each other think will make things better for us …” …”
Will this include the CCW reciprocity bill?
Mitch McConnell needs to put that on the agenda. Let’s have a floor debate on the merits of CCW because the arguments the antis will make will only help our side.
Protect us against our own stupidity
Last August I was invited to speak at a history class at NYU. I didn’t want to go and suggested some alternatives to the professor. Scott Bach took him up on the offer and debated New Yorkers Against Gun Violence mouthpiece Leah Gunn-Barrett last month. She made her position very clear:
“… ““You can be perfectly law-abiding one moment,” said Ms. Gunn-Barrett during the debate, “and then the next moment you can be a criminal and do something criminal and wrong, like shoot up a movie theater, or kill your spouse during an argument.” Regulation of people and behavior is needed, she said, “to protect us against our own stupidity and our own irrationality.” …”
Legislative Report #1
Legislative Report #1 of the 2015-16 session is now online.
2nd Circuit oral arguments
Oral arguments presented last month before the 2nd Circuit Court in both the NYSRPA v. Cuomo and Shew v. Malloy lawsuits:
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H/T: CCDL.
Boehner retains leadership
John Boehner will retain his leadership position as Speaker of the House. Twenty-five voted against him including Chris Gibson.
Maybe Boehner will get the message and act more aggressively pushing a limited-government, free-market agenda.
It begins
And so it begins:
“Rick Santorum has invited former aides to Washington next week for a “private briefing” on his plans for a possible 2016 presidential bid …”
Go away Rick.
Then it gets worse:
“Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee announced Saturday night that he would be ending his Fox News talk show to gauge support for a possible presidential campaign …”
Go away Mike. Far, far away.
Senate GOP agenda
Bloomberg Politics has a story on the incoming Senate Republican majority’s agenda:
“… Mitch McConnell said in an interview airing Sunday that the divided-government mandate voters issued in November means Americans “want things done in the political center, things that both sides can agree on.” … “We’ll be voting on things I know he’s not going to like,” McConnell said …”
Hopefully this will include the reciprocity bill.