Gun Control Filibuster

A crucial vote about gun control is coming up in the Senate, and several Republicans are considering another filibuster. Some of the senators who said they would support the filibuster are Marco Rubio (R-FL), Rand Paul (R-KY), Ted Cruz (R-TX), and Mike Lee (R-UT). The filibuster would be the second Senate filibuster for the 113th Congress. The White House and other Democrats responded to the possible filibuster by showing  a video of Obama's recent State of the Union Address. In the video it shows  when he speaks of gun violence and says that the people of Newtown deserve a vote that Gabby Giffords deserves  about the people of Tucson deserve a vote an that any victim of gun violence deseves a vote, the entire house chamber rises. The filibuster may not occur anymore with senate voting 68-31 in favor of having a debate/vote on universal background checks. Another factor that may stop the filibuster is the bipartisan gun control bill recently proposed by Sen. Pat Toomey (R-PA), and Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV).