{"id":11144,"date":"2015-01-12T10:02:07","date_gmt":"2015-01-12T15:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=11144"},"modified":"2015-01-12T10:02:07","modified_gmt":"2015-01-12T15:02:07","slug":"moderate-democrats-could-be-key-to-reciprocity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=11144","title":{"rendered":"Moderate Democrats could be key to reciprocity?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From today&#8217;s Washington Post, &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/a-small-band-of-moderate-democrats-could-be-key-to-the-gop-senates-success\/2015\/01\/11\/5172dfdc-9748-11e4-8005-1924ede3e54a_story.html\" target=\"_blank\">A small band of moderate Democrats could be key to the GOP Senate\u2019s success<\/a>&#8220;:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;Some of the most influential senators in the new Congress are neither in the majority nor among the longest-serving &#8230; they\u2019re a pack of Democrats from mostly smaller, rural states who are inclined to work with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.republican.senate.gov\" target=\"_blank\">Republicans<\/a> on legislation <a href=\"http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\" target=\"_blank\">President Obama<\/a> doesn\u2019t support.\u00a0 They may even be willing to help the GOP override his vetoes &#8230; These moderate Democrats say they will cooperate if Republicans don\u2019t use the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.senate.gov\" target=\"_blank\">Senate<\/a> floor to score political points \u2014 as Democrats have done over the past several years &#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.donnelly.senate.gov\" target=\"_blank\">Sen. Joe Donnelly (D-Ind.)<\/a> &#8230; said he\u2019ll support bills \u201cthat both Republicans and Democrats who sit down and talk to each other think will make things better for us &#8230;\u201d &#8230;&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Will this include the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nraila.org\/articles\/20140311\/hr2959\" target=\"_blank\">CCW reciprocity bill<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mcconnell.senate.gov\" target=\"_blank\">Mitch McConnell<\/a> needs to put that on the agenda.\u00a0 Let&#8217;s have a floor debate on the merits of CCW because <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=11139\">the arguments the antis will make<\/a> will only help our side.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ssb_list_wrapper\"><li class=\"fb2\" style=\"width:135px\"><iframe src=\"\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gunpoliticsny.com%2F%3Fp%3D11144&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;width=135&amp;height=21&amp;appId=307091639398582\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; 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