Coburn Gun Amendment Tacked Onto Credit Card Bill
By Jessica Brady
Roll Call Staff
Roll Call Staff
May 12, 2009, 7:14 p.m.
The Senate voted 67-29 to add a gun-rights provision to the consumer credit card bill on Tuesday, handing a victory to Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.), who has employed a variety of procedural tools to advance the gun measure over the last two years.
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