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from the GOA e-mail update 6/29/07:

Consider what Congressional Quarterly had to say about that amendment on Wednesday:
"The process [to get a Unanimous Consent agreement]
came to a halt when the chamber refused to table an amendment by Max
Baucus, D-Mont.... When the chamber voted against tabling the Baucus
amendment, the process stopped. Without a unanimous consent
agreement to adopt the amendment or move on, the next step was the
cloture vote [which failed]."

This complies with what one highly placed Senate staffer told GOA
yesterday when he said that the failed attempt to kill the Baucus
amendment was "probably the reason we killed the bill."

The Baucus amendment would have protected the jobs and gun rights of
Americans who live in states that are blocking the enforcement of the
REAL ID Act. Without the promise of a National ID in every state,
the Baucus amendment effectively became the ultimate poison pill in
this bill.

So kudos to all of you for all of your hard work!