>From: williams@mighty.enet.dec.com >Date: Tue, 23 Nov 93 16:58:43 EST >To: craig@mighty.enet.dec.com, firearms-politics@ns1.rutgers.edu >Cc: williams@mighty.enet.dec.com >Apparently-To: firearms-politics@ns1.rutgers.edu, craig@osf.org >Subject: Current situation of the Brady Bill The current status of the Brady Bill fight in the Senate, as reported by the Senate Republican Cloakroom (202-224-8601). There was a unanimous consent agreement entered into the record today, 11/23. This agreement lays out the following terms: 1) Tuesday, 11/23 at 5:00 pm, Senator Dole will be recognised to make a motion to amend the conference report that came out of the House/Senate conference committee. The chair will in all likelyhood rule the amendment out of order, at which point there will be an appeal to the decision of the chair. There will be 1 hour of debate, equally divided. At approx. 6:00, there will be two votes - the first will be the vote on the appeal of the decision of the chair, which will most likely fail. This will be followed by an immediate cloture vote. If cloture is invoked, they will proceed to final passage of the Conference Report of the Brady Bill. If cloture is not invoked, the bill will be pulled from the floor until Wednesday, 12/1 at 11:00. 2) Wednesday, 12/1 at 11:00: Senator Dole will be recognised for another amendment to the conference report. The chair will rule the amendment out of order, and the decision of the chair will be appealed. One hour of debate, equally divided, then a vote on the appeal, which, again, will most likely fail. Then another cloture vote. If cloture fails, then the Senate will proceed to the Adjournment resolution (HJR 190) and adjourn for the year sine die. Of course, in this complicated mess of parlimentary maneuovering, it's obvious that any small piece will fail and the whole thing goes down the tubes (for us). The advantage of this is that the bad guys need to get the 60 votes needed to invoke cloture, and many of them come from long distances, like Hawaii, California, etc. Every vote will count, and if anyone fails to show up, then the chances will look better to keep the filibuster alive. The "good" guys don't need to produce anyone, other than the actual bearer of the filibuster. Bryan