Chuck Schumer: “The bottom line is simple: Why, for the first time in 16 years, are sense-of-the-Senate resolutions being refused?…”

“The bottom line is simple: Why, for the first time in 16 years, are sense-of-the-Senate resolutions being refused? Because the other side does not want to vote on guns. Why, for the first time, is ESEA not being debated fully? Because the other side doesn't want to vote on guns. Guns is the issue--not the efficiency of the Senate. I think it is a shame. Eighty percent of the American people want commonsense gun legislation. The Republican majority is afraid to vote on it and instead twists the rules, the procedures, and the beauty of this body in a knot because they do not want to vote on guns. The issue is not about moving the Senate efficiently; the issue is the fear of voting on guns, plain and simple. I regret the inability of the other side to have the courage of their convictions to vote the way they feel and let our side vote the way we feel.”