https://hotair.com/allahpundit/2013/04/16/gop-plans-replacement-proposal-as-toomeymanchin-background-checks-bill-nears-failure/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usThu, 23 Apr 2026 11:44:04 -0400<![CDATA[As of 5:55 p.m. ET, WaPo said there were 53 yeses for T-M (assuming Frank Lautenberg is well enough to cast a vote tomorrow) and just seven undecideds remaining in the Senate. They have McCain listed as one of them, which is almost certainly incorrect, but the other six are legit: Ayotte, Baucus, Begich, Heitkamp, Landrieu, and Pryor. Ayotte, the lone Republican there, could single-handedly kill the bill by walking away (assuming none of the current no&#8217;s flips to yes), but better that she stays mum for the time being to make the five Democrats sweat a little. If she can wait them out until one of them joins the filibuster, then Republicans get to say that it was a Dem who finished off Toomey/Manchin. Ayotte won&#8217;t wait until the last minute &#8212; if the five Dems cave by committing to vote yes, leaving her as the last senator to decide, the media scrutiny of her will be excruciating &#8212; but hopefully she&#8217;ll at least give Baucus et al. a few hours to see if they&#8217;ll pull the plug first.]]>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 20:41:27 -0400<![CDATA[Allahpundit]]>https://hotair.com/allahpundit/2013/04/16/gop-plans-replacement-proposal-as-toomeymanchin-background-checks-bill-nears-failure-n206102