2024-05-08T23:42:01Z https://trueskool.com/video/video/listTagged?tag=Willfully+Lied+About+the+Bill&rss=yes&xn_auth=no tag:trueskool.com,2013-04-18:1464587:Video:198870 2013-04-18T00:32:54.700Z Staff Pick https://trueskool.com/profile/Ren

<a href="https://trueskool.com/video/president-obama-gun-lobby-and-allies-willfully-lied-about-the-bil"><br /> <img alt="Thumbnail" height="180" src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2177864227?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240"></img><br /> </a> <br></br>Senate Republicans, backed by rural-state Democrats, blocked legislation to tighten restrictions on the sale of firearms. Attempts to ban assault-style rifles and high capacity magazines also faced certain defeat in a series of showdown votes four months after the mass shooting in Newtown, Conn. The background check measure commanded a majority but…

<a href="https://trueskool.com/video/president-obama-gun-lobby-and-allies-willfully-lied-about-the-bil"><br /> <img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2177864227?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240" height="180" alt="Thumbnail" /><br /> </a><br />Senate Republicans, backed by rural-state Democrats, blocked legislation to tighten restrictions on the sale of firearms. Attempts to ban assault-style rifles and high capacity magazines also faced certain defeat in a series of showdown votes four months after the mass shooting in Newtown, Conn. The background check measure commanded a majority but fell short of the 60 votes needed to advance.<br /> <br /> President Obama spoke candidly about his frustration with the defeat of the Manchin-Toomey Amendment. Obama said that the gun lobby and its allies "willfully lied about the bill." Obama was introduced by Mark Barden, the father of Sandy Hook victim Daniel Barden.