Sentences with phrase «microstamping senate»
«They are very organized,» microstamping Senate bill sponsor Jose Peralta (D - Queens) said of the NRA.
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Senate Republicans in the last two years blocked a measure that would require the microstamping of cartridges and other firearm related measures.
The state Rifle and Pistol Association praised the Senate GOP for refusing to vote «yes» on microstamping.
On Friday, the Daily News editorial board expressed its strong support for the microstamping law, arguing that senate Republicans should «stop kowtowing to the NRA.»
Democrats, including Jose Peralta (D - Queens), who sponsored the «microstamping» bill in the Senate, argue that the gun lobby's donations to the GOP are a key reason for the demise of the bill.
The Senate Democrats pulled the microstamping bill off the floor late this afternoon after it became clear the bill would not pass if the vote was allowed to finish.
So Bloomberg is trying to buy the votes needed to get microstamping through the State Senate?
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The near - defeat of the microstamping bill yesterday may very well signal the end of the long — and lucrative - relationship between Mayor Bloomberg and the Senate Republicans in a crucial election year when the minority can ill - afford to lose the billionaire mayor's financial support.
The gun control plan revives a long - sought and at - times dormant issue raised by Senate Democrats: the microstamping of bullets, a bill that has been opposed by Senate Republicans over the years and was not included in the otherwise all - inclusive SAFE Act.
That's a great investment for Bloomberg considering the Senate GOP stopped his effort to pass microstamping and other things he supposedly cares so much about.
Senate Democrats have introduced a package of gun legislation that would, among other things, ban assault weapons and require microstamping of shell casings.
Asked specifically whether he would support the microstamping legislation that has languished in the Republican - controlled state Senate, he hedged.
«We look forward to working with Governor Cuomo to push a number of issues that are important to him but have been blocked by the Senate Republicans including raising the minimum wage, real campaign finance reform and passing common sense gun control measures like microstamping,» said Senate Democratic spokesman Mike Murphy.
Democrats point to the gun lobby's donations to the GOP as a big reason the Senate has continued to refuse to pass the microstamping bill — even as crimes committed by perpetrators armed with illegal guns are plaguing law enforcement efforts in the city.
We're working to persuade the state Senate to pass a microstamping law that will give our police officers a new tool to solve gun crimes.