Senate Rejects U.N. Arms Trade Treaty

Congratulations to all whose senators voted to oppose another U.N. power grab. Patricia Evans reports (edited for clarity and spelling):

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Senate Takes Stand Against U.N. Arms Trade Treaty

http://www.unitedliberty.org/articles/13157-icymi-senate-takes-stand-against-un-arms-trade-treaty

Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-OK) presented an amendment to the budget that would prevent the United States from entering into the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty

In the pre-dawn hours Saturday, the Senate approved the measure "To uphold Second Amendment rights and prevent the United States from entering into the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty." Amendment Agreed to 53 YEAs to 46 NAYs

Our Virginia senators, Warner and Kaine voted against the Amendment. They have shown little regard for the US Constitution and its Bill of Rights in taking a position in opposition to the Second Amendment and the right of US citizens to 'keep and bear arms' by supporting the UN Arms Trade Treaty.

Fellow Virginians, please let them know what you think of their disregard for your rights, especially your God-given right to self defense.

The roll call vote is shown below. A quick scan will show how easily other Democrats would sacrifice your rights on their altar of power.

http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=113&session=1&vote=00091#top

U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 113thCongress - 1stSession as compiled through Senate LIS by the Senate Bill Clerk under the direction of the Secretary of the Senate

Vote Summary

Question: On the Amendment (Inhofe Amdt. No. 139 )
Vote Number:	91	Vote Date:	March 23, 2013, 04:30 AM
Required For Majority:	1/2	Vote Result:	Amendment Agreed to
Amendment Number:	S.Amdt. 139 to S.Con.Res. 8 (No short title on file)
Statement of Purpose:	To uphold Second Amendment rights and prevent the United States from entering into the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty.

 

Vote Counts:	YEAs	53
	NAYs	46
	Not Voting	1

 

Alphabetical by Senator Name

Alexander (R-TN), Yea Ayotte (R-NH), Yea Baldwin (D-WI), Nay Barrasso (R-WY), Yea Baucus (D-MT), Nay Begich (D-AK), Yea Bennet (D-CO), Nay Blumenthal (D-CT), Nay Blunt (R-MO), Yea Boozman (R-AR), Yea Boxer (D-CA), Nay Brown (D-OH), Nay Burr (R-NC), Yea Cantwell (D-WA), Nay Cardin (D-MD), Nay Carper (D-DE), Nay Casey (D-PA), Nay Chambliss (R-GA), Yea Coats (R-IN), Yea Coburn (R-OK), Yea Cochran (R-MS), Yea Collins (R-ME), Yea Coons (D-DE), Nay Corker (R-TN), Yea Cornyn (R-TX), Yea Cowan (D-MA), Nay Crapo (R-ID), Yea Cruz (R-TX), Yea Donnelly (D-IN), Yea Durbin (D-IL), Nay Enzi (R-WY), Yea Feinstein (D-CA), Nay Fischer (R-NE), Yea Flake (R-AZ), Yea

Franken (D-MN), Nay Gillibrand (D-NY), Nay Graham (R-SC), Yea Grassley (R-IA), Yea Hagan (D-NC), Yea Harkin (D-IA), Nay Hatch (R-UT), Yea Heinrich (D-NM), Yea Heitkamp (D-ND), Yea Heller (R-NV), Yea Hirono (D-HI), Nay Hoeven (R-ND), Yea Inhofe (R-OK), Yea Isakson (R-GA), Yea Johanns (R-NE), Yea Johnson (D-SD), Nay Johnson (R-WI), Yea Kaine (D-VA), Nay King (I-ME), Nay Kirk (R-IL), Yea Klobuchar (D-MN), Nay Landrieu (D-LA), Nay Lautenberg (D-NJ), Not Voting Leahy (D-VT), Nay Lee (R-UT), Yea Levin (D-MI), Nay Manchin (D-WV), Yea McCain (R-AZ), Yea McCaskill (D-MO), Nay McConnell (R-KY), Yea Menendez (D-NJ), Nay Merkley (D-OR), Nay Mikulski (D-MD), Nay Moran (R-KS), Yea

Murkowski (R-AK), Yea Murphy (D-CT), Nay Murray (D-WA), Nay Nelson (D-FL), Nay Paul (R-KY), Yea Portman (R-OH), Yea Pryor (D-AR), Yea Reed (D-RI), Nay Reid (D-NV), Nay Risch (R-ID), Yea Roberts (R-KS), Yea Rockefeller (D-WV), Nay Rubio (R-FL), Yea Sanders (I-VT), Nay Schatz (D-HI), Nay Schumer (D-NY), Nay Scott (R-SC), Yea Sessions (R-AL), Yea Shaheen (D-NH), Nay Shelby (R-AL), Yea Stabenow (D-MI), Nay Tester (D-MT), Yea Thune (R-SD), Yea Toomey (R-PA), Yea Udall (D-CO), Nay Udall (D-NM), Nay Vitter (R-LA), Yea Warner (D-VA), Nay Warren (D-MA), Nay Whitehouse (D-RI), Nay Wicker (R-MS), Yea Wyden (D-OR), Nay

 

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Gentle Readers, this web site apologizes for the behavior of our Senators. If you search this site, you will find that each of them has contributed a post that makes it clear that they are acting according to the quasi-religious faith in socialism many Americans have absorbed throughout their lives...and not, as the Constitution provides, according to the will of the majority of Virginia voters. This is an understandable flaw many elected officials share. It does not make them bad people. It does, if it can't be corrected, make them unfit to hold office in a constitutional democracy.