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PA Bill Number: HB2390

Title: Authorizing the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to join the Respiratory Care Interstate Compact; providing for the form of the compact; and imposing ...

Description: Authorizing the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to join the Respiratory Care Interstate Compact; providing for the form of the compact; and imposi ...

Last Action: Referred to Professional Licensure

Last Action Date: Apr 16, 2026

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U.S. Senator Rand Paul Pro-Gun Amendment Scuttled by Patriot Act Extension and NRA Backstabbing at Last Minute :: 05/27/2011

The Paul amendment that caused the most angst, which would impose strict judicial oversight on access to gun ownership records, will get a vote, but the threshold for passage is high. Supporters need 60 votes, but they are not likely to find anywhere near that many.

Defeat is a near certainty. Sen. Saxby Chambliss , R-Ga., top Republican on the Intelligence Committee, who said probably "no one owns as many guns as I do," announced his opposition to the Paul amendment saying it would risk scuttling terrorism investigations. As well, Chambliss read from a letter he said was authored by the National Rifle Association taking no position on the Rand Paul amendment.

Read more: http://politics.blogs.foxnews.com/2011/05/26/patriot-act-wont-expire-big-victory-freshman-republican#ixzz1NWYK4TQS