Although the Senate has just jumped procedural impediments, cleared the way for a new gun control debate in the House of Representatives of the two extreme right-wing conservatives in the past week to collect signatures to dissuade he wrote to House Speaker John Boehner on the floor does not support any new gun measures from the majority of the House Republican Conference.
Effort is being lead by the Senate of the open seats in Georgia a hopeful shot, Rep. Paul Broun, Steve Stockman, the Texas Republican notoriety earlier this year invited rocker/2nd to amend the guard Ted Nugent State of the Union.
"We write to express our strong opposition from legislation to require private sale background checks to buy guns, the letter said" in the House of precedent and tradition, we will ask no gun legislation was brought to the floor of the house, unless it has The majority of our caucus support. "
Within the majority, mostly around the Capitol is also known as the Haast rule, the former Republican Speaker Dennis Hastert of Illinois. Boehner broke the key votes, this year's fiscal cliff agreement Reauthorization Act of violence against women, as well as victims of emergency super storm Sandy, testing his speaker, such as voting.
Boehner has long maintained his desire to all the Speaker of the House of Representatives, not just the House Republicans, although it is a tricky high-wire implementation costs may be more slippery Boehner his perch atop the party.
The speakers stressed today that he does not feel grateful informal rules.
"It is never a rule began," he said. "Of course, my prerogative My intention is to always pass the bill with strong Republican support."
Bona violation under fire the unspoken rules five times in the past three years, Pelosi while doing so 12 times during her tenure Speaker Dennis Hastert, Newt Gingrich needs a small majority of six to break the seven legislative measures.
Boehner reiterated on Wednesday that he will wait for the Senate to pass gun measures, comment or potential role in the House of Representatives. In the meantime, he said, the House of Representatives Committee will continue to review the matter.
Congressman Stockman spokesman said, there are already more than 45 Republicans signed the letter, although it suspected the House of Representatives Dennis Hastert, the Republican majority in favor of the motion.
"The so-called 'universal background check" is a violation of the constitutionally guaranteed rights, on an unprecedented scale, "Broun and Stockman wrote a letter to find a signature." National Rifle Association], [American gun owners and gun The groups provide a lot of the risk of universal background checks, we would be happy to pass along. "
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