After months of arguing, and a rare bipartisan proposal between conservative Democrat Joe Manchin (WV) and conservative Republican Pat Toomey (PA), a minority of Senators got together to filibuster a bill to have background checks on gun purchases. Here's a list, in a ready-to-use Twitter format (thanks to Huffington Post for providing the list of Senators and their Twitter handles), so you can tweet about these people who believe criminals and insane people should always be able to buy any guns they want:
@SenAlexander @KellyAyotte @SenJohnBarrasso @MaxBaucus @SenatorBegich
@RoyBlunt @JohnBoozeman @SenatorBurr @SaxbyChambliss @SenDanCoates
@TomCoburn @JeffFlake @SenThadCochran @SenBobCorker @JohnCornyn
@MikeCrapo @SenTedCruz @SenatorEnzi @SenMikeLee @SenatorFischer
@GrahamBlog @ChuckGrassley @SenOrrinHatch @jiminhofe
@SenatorHeitkamp @SenDeanHeller @SenJohnHoeven @SenatorIsakson
@Mike_Johanns @SenRonJohnson @McConnellPress @JerryMoran
@lisamurkowski @SenRandPaul @robportman @SenMarkPryor @SenatorRisch
@SenPatRoberts @marcorubio @SenatorTimScott @SenatorSessions
@SenShelbyPress @SenJohnThune @DavidVitter @SenatorWicker
Also, the folks at DemandAPlan have a form where you can write a letter to express your unhappiness with the Senate's lack of action on gun control and the letter will go to all of the Senators on this list.
And, to no one's surprise, half of these "leaders" also voted against the Violence Against Women Act, but, luckily, enough rational politicians voted for it, so VAWA is again the law of the land.
