Reid: Background Checks May Have ‘A Couple More Votes’ Now
Source: TPM
SAHIL KAPUR 2:38 PM EDT, MONDAY MAY 6, 2013
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) told the Las Vegas Review Journal over the weekend that the chief sponsor of background checks believes he has a few more votes for the legislation, which failed to pass last month.
"Joe Manchin called me yesterday. He thinks he has a couple more votes," Reid told the Review Journal, as seen in a video clip provided to the Huffington Post.
Reid cited the pushback that Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) has received for voting against the legislation, and speculated that he "may be able to get another Democrat or two."
"The one senator from -- Republican senator from New Hampshire, has been -- wham, man has she been hit hard," the majority leader said. "She's the only senator in the northeast to vote against background checks. She went from a hugely positive number in New Hampshire -- her negatives now outweigh her positives. She's being hit every place she goes. So we're going to pick up some more votes. I may be able to get another Democrat or two. That would get us up to 57, and we may only need three additional Republicans. We'll see." A source familiar with the negotiations told TPM that members are continuing discussions about the legislation.
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but what would MAKE him do so? He was not running again last time he voted, against. 