Senate votes to allow guns in checked Amtrak baggage:

[tombogan03884]

Posted by David Kopel:
Senate votes to allow guns in checked Amtrak baggage:
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2009_09_13-2009_09_19.shtml#1253126909


   Today the Senate [1]voted 68-30 to require that Amtrak allow
   passengers to transport unloaded firearms in checked luggage, in the
   same manner as currently allowed for airline passengers. The vote for
   was for an [2]amendment (SA 2366) to the Transportation Housing and
   Urban Development appropriations bill. The amendment was sponsored by
   Sen. Roger Wicker. If the amendment becomes law, it will undo a policy
   change which Amtrak imposed in 2001.

References

   1. http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=111&session=1&vote=00279
   2. http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SP2366:


It seems we are getting more done under our declared enemy BO than we did under our ALLEGED friend Bush

[Hazcat]

Republican.

[tombogan03884]

Republican.

That's kind of cryptic Haz, (are you taking lessons from Tbug ?     )

Are you saying the Blue Dogs are kissing our butt while the Republicans took us for granted ?
Regardless of what You mean, I think that is exactly whats happening.

[PegLeg45]

Republican.

That's kind of cryptic Haz, (are you taking lessons from Tbug ?     )

Are you saying the Blue Dogs are kissing our butt while the Republicans took us for granted ?
Regardless of what You mean, I think that is exactly whats happening.

Hittin' the juice again, Haz?


I think you might be onto it, Tom.
There's been so much animosity coming out at town hall meetings across the country that they may be kissing up for the next election cycle already.

[tombogan03884]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090917/ap_on_go_co/us_health_care_overhaul

More at link

WASHINGTON – His calls for compromise rebuffed by Republicans, the Democratic chairman of the Senate Finance Committee unveiled sweeping legislation Wednesday to remake the nation's costly health care system largely along the lines outlined by President Barack Obama.

Sen. Max Baucus' proposal, months in the making, drew quick criticism from liberals who said his vision was too cramped and from Republicans who deemed it overly expansive. Yet whatever its fate, its mere release marked a critical turning point in Congress' long and tumultuous debate over Obama's top domestic priority.

The Finance Committee is to meet next week to vote on the plan, and after combining it with another panel's bill, Majority Leader Harry Reid intends to begin debate on the Senate floor late this month or early October. Across the Capitol, Speaker Nancy Pelosi has been waiting to see Baucus' health care prescription before advancing companion legislation toward a vote by the House.

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normally I would not be happy that the goverment was sticking its nose into a private company, but the rail roads have been subsidized since there was rail roads.  since they are a investor, they should get a say.