Coburn Attaches Gun Amendments To Water Bill
Senate to vote on Coburn gun amendments to water bill
By BURGESS EVERETT and MANU RAJU | 5/7/13
The debate over gun control is coming back to the Senate earlier than expected.
The Senate agreed on Tuesday evening to vote Wednesday afternoon on a pair of firearms-related amendments to the Water Resources Development Act filed by Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.)
“I don’t quite get why we’re voting on guns, but that’s the Republicans’ desire,” said the water bill’s floor manager, Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.).
One amendment would repeal a gun prohibition on land under the jurisdiction of the Army Corps of Engineers. The other would require annual reports from federal agencies on ammunition and gun purchases as well as firearm thefts, excepting some national security arms of government.