Despite passing this procedural test, the fate of the bill remained uncertain.
The most recent effort, a bill sponsored by Senator Richard J. Durbin, Democrat of Illinois, failed to pass a procedural test vote last week in the Senate.
The measure, which bars firearm sales to individuals either on the no-fly list or subject to extra screening at airports, survived a procedural test but is not expected to come back up for a vote any time soon.
The plot was gripping -- the bill survived Saturday's procedural test without a single vote to spare -- and it brought out the rank partisanship, the self-absorption and all the other pathologies of modern politics.
That part will be removed from the version in the Senate, which on Wednesday held a procedural test vote on the matter, voting 100-0 takeake up the House bill.
Ron reminds us his father fell only 56 delegates short of an incumbent president [in a pre-roll call procedural test] so that there were no 2d or 3d ballots that year.
Her bill, which earned 52 votes in a procedural test last week, aims to bridge the gap between Democrats, who have pushed hard for new gun laws in the aftermath of the massacre, and a handful of Republicans who have said they support new efforts to keep possible terrorists from buying guns, but who thought Democratic measures went too far.
Physicians in both settings recorded demographic data, medical history, details on cardiovascular risk factors and comorbidities, results of physical examination, laboratory and procedural test results, medications and the dosages of their patients.
Using objective preliminary and post-procedural tests, the study measured changes in the mental or physical status of patients over a twelve month period, as compared to a control group of 10 who had not received the treatment.
