Senate Votes to End Gun Filibuster

The Senate voted 68-31 Thursday to begin debate on the new gun control bill, with 16 Republicans voting with Democrats.

Only two Democrats voted against cloture: Sen. Mark Begich, D-Alaska, and Sen. Mark Pryor, D-Ark.

Here are the 16 Republican senators who voted for cloture:

Lamar Alexander (Tenn.) 202 224 4944     37402

Kelly Ayotte (N.H.)     202 224 3324        03101  03801

Richard Burr (N.C.)    202  24 3154          28801

Saxby Chambliss (Ga.)  202 224 3521   30356

Tom Coburn (Okla.)     202 224 5754    74119

Susan Collins (Maine)

Bob Corker (Tenn.)

Jeff Flake (Ariz.)

Lindsey Graham (S.C.)

Dean Heller (Nev.

John Hoeven (N.D.)

Johnny Isakson (Ga.)  202 224 3643   30356   31520

Mark Kirk (Ill.)

John McCain (Ariz.)   202 224 2235    85006  85010

Patrick Toomey (Pa.)  202 224 4254     17120  17126

U.S. Constitution - Amendment II

A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.

The U.S. Constitution prohibits the federal government from passing any gun laws.

Amendment X

The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.

The States can pass gun laws or allow its cities and counties to pass gun laws, but the U.S. federal government is barred from passing any gun laws.

The Senate is debating an unconstitutional Gun Bill. 

Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader