Tvandermyde Posted June 1, 2016 at 05:24 PM Posted June 1, 2016 at 05:24 PM So a short update. On 4 hours sleep, I'm home. Waiting on FedEx for a really neat package of stuff ordered from NRA show. HB-1016 is not dead. It will be alive every time the House meets. Since it does not have an immediate effective date, it will only take a simple majority to pass if they call it. There was a whole series of events that happened with that yesterday. The gun grabbers where in almost panic mode trying to find a way to salvage their sinking ship. In the end, they knew they didn't have the votes. They kept telling people they had between 55 and 58 votes. I will tell you we had a very firm 61 NOs. They don't genrally count very well. SB-206 was waiting on the adoption of the amendment. Which felt like forever to get there. Then we were up. The debate was shorter than most would have thought. and while there were a few speakers against the bill, it was far from the rancor that many other gun debates have had. Some on the other side saw the loosing proposition. and many don't think suppressors are that big a deal. Hence you saw the crushing roll call. We here that they did their own roll call and had us at 59 before they even started counting leaners. they new it was over. They were in the next office over from me while I listened to the debate from behind the chamber and answered questions from the floor to help the debate. Not seeing the board I could not tell how the vote was going when it was called. and as the Speaker announced the total, I let out one big YES and got a high five from a friend. 69 yes votes. My boss Shannon was in town, has been for the last week and 1/2 and she came running down from the balcony where it was more high 5's and hugs. In ways, this is more satisfying than carry's passage as this was all us. We won the carry fight with the court. But this was all us making the case and slogging it out for the last two years. The gun grabbers were weak in their arguments essentially saying we don't like them. A big tip of the hat goes to 3 people. Ed Sullivan worked his tail off on the republican side of the aisle. Brandon Phelps really worked hard on this to pull it together and keep things moving. Jerry Costello was a fricken rock star. He was out whip working the roll call on the floor to no end. one by one we picked up votes. one by one we watched that number grow. At one point I thought they were going to need to put a revolving door in the back for the number of times he was coming out for updates. Brandon was there shoulder to shoulder with him while we prepped some questions and got ready. These two guys really worked to make this happen yesterday. And it showed. My boss from NRA, Knox from the Suppressor Assn, Whit from NSSF and I were all there till the closing gavel at midnight. We went down to the wire trying to get it done. but came up just a bit short, no fault of our side. Now the $64 question is where do we go and what's next. The Speaker gave us a senate bill to use for a vehicle. this meant we would only need to go back to the Senate for concurrence. unfortunately , Senator Raoul was the sponsor. He is refusing to give it up and is sitting on it. Wanting to have some global talks about gun issues. Likewise the Senate President doesn't want to call the bill. We know we have the votes to pass it. Since they will be in summer session, everyday is another chance to move the bill. Since it has an immediate effective date, from this point until January it will need 36 votes to pass. Another small hurdle put in place by Cullerton not calling the bill last night. But now is the time to start calling on the Senate. Call your senator and tell them you want to see SB-206 brought to the floor for a concurrence vote. Call the Senate President's office and tell him, John Cullerton, not Tom, that you want SB-206 brought to the floor for a concurrence vote. Keep calling every day until we get it and don't forget to get your Senator to support and vote for the bill. It's not over. and we are sitting pretty strong for our first ever run and legalizing suppressors. As we walked out of the back office office after the vote to begin working on the senate, the anti-gunner shouted out when's Kwame (senator Rauol) going to call that for a vote? They think they have an upper hand. they really don't know the landscape. and they seem to forget that we consistently put thousands of witness slips on bills and amendments to their dozens or maybe hundreds. And you guys were great with witness slips, calls blogging and social media. it all made a difference. I saw some of the social media literally lock in and push votes to our side. So thank you and keep it up. And while some on Cullerton's staff think the Speaker screwed us and the downstate guys I will say NOT SO. his staff worked very hard to make this happen. there was very little to no pressure applied by staff on this vote. He gave us a senate bill instead of running a House bill which would need more time, the required 3 readings in the senate to pass. And he voted for it. He really was trying to help out his downstate guys. and this all came about because of a meeting with Jerry Costello, Brandon Phelps and Dan Bieser, over dinner, and their explanation of how important this was to them. that shook the bill loose. So while the Senate is a temporary set back, I'm sure one way or the other we can overcome it. If not, thats what elections are for. SB-553 is still alive and will be worked on this summer as session allows. We're not done yet. more later, I'm beat. Thanks for listening.
cls74 Posted June 1, 2016 at 05:29 PM Posted June 1, 2016 at 05:29 PM Answers all my questions, I was wrong on a few hunches but alas it is IL politics, can never be too sure. November cannot get here soon enough, hopefully the budget fiasco can change the face of the elections.
johnsxdm Posted June 1, 2016 at 05:32 PM Posted June 1, 2016 at 05:32 PM Todd, you are the best! Thanks for the update.
connor327 Posted June 1, 2016 at 05:33 PM Posted June 1, 2016 at 05:33 PM Im sure we cannot express this enough, but THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR HARD WORK! the dedication of you and everyone else working for us in springfield definitely shows and it means the world to us. you know that we all have your back when you need the word out about anything.
papa Posted June 1, 2016 at 05:41 PM Posted June 1, 2016 at 05:41 PM No reason for you to thank us Todd. It is us who owe you and all the others , who worked so hard to try and get this done , the thanks.
mgibson61611 Posted June 1, 2016 at 05:42 PM Posted June 1, 2016 at 05:42 PM Thanks Todd and everyone else for all the hard work!
tracker366 Posted June 1, 2016 at 05:44 PM Posted June 1, 2016 at 05:44 PM Thanks for the update Todd I'm sure everyone appreciates it. You and everyone did a great job.
SightRadius Posted June 1, 2016 at 05:50 PM Posted June 1, 2016 at 05:50 PM Todd, thanks so much for the update. I've been refreshing the main Illinois Politics page all day hoping to get your take on things from last night. Great to see the progress made. Couple questions: 1 - do we think we have enough votes for a supermajority? Or, 2 - in the future could we just not have an immediately effective date on the bill so that we don't need a supermajority in an extended session? It would seem to be a small price to pay to wait a bit longer for the bill to take effect in return for a greater chance of getting it passed (unless we think we can get it passed as is - see question 1) Thanks again for your and everyone else's hard work on this. It's so exciting to hear that some of our reps are so motivated on this issue. We'll keep at it.
aamport19 Posted June 1, 2016 at 05:56 PM Posted June 1, 2016 at 05:56 PM appreciate the update, nice to see Madigan finally throw us a bone and even nicer that the hard work of our legislators/lobbyists paid off, if only in part for now.
GeekDad Posted June 1, 2016 at 05:59 PM Posted June 1, 2016 at 05:59 PM What a great effort from you and your team Todd! It's amazing how you are able to bring people together. Thanks again for all the hard work you and your team do for us!
lee n. field Posted June 1, 2016 at 06:00 PM Posted June 1, 2016 at 06:00 PM :-) Should I start princing out a supressed Ruger mark II upper? :-)
Dcompton Posted June 1, 2016 at 06:02 PM Posted June 1, 2016 at 06:02 PM I made calls to my Senator and to Cullerton's office as well. Left messages urging a vote on SB206. As long as they are in summer session....I am holding out hope
framos242 Posted June 1, 2016 at 06:08 PM Posted June 1, 2016 at 06:08 PM Thank you for all of your hard work! Now get some well deserved rest.
Prairie Pucker Posted June 1, 2016 at 06:13 PM Posted June 1, 2016 at 06:13 PM But didn't Durkin, an R, vote against the bill? What's up with that?
fatmat27 Posted June 1, 2016 at 06:17 PM Posted June 1, 2016 at 06:17 PM Thanks Todd not only for being such an integral part of the process but also for informing and encouraging others to do so.
gearsmithy Posted June 1, 2016 at 06:18 PM Posted June 1, 2016 at 06:18 PM But didn't Durkin, an R, vote against the bill? What's up with that?Maybe he fat-fingered his button.
connor327 Posted June 1, 2016 at 06:27 PM Posted June 1, 2016 at 06:27 PM But didn't Durkin, an R, vote against the bill? What's up with that?Maybe he fat-fingered his button. seems pretty hard to fat finger those buttons, but then again maybe he never learned red from green.
seanc Posted June 1, 2016 at 06:40 PM Posted June 1, 2016 at 06:40 PM Thank you, Todd. I just got off the phone leaving a message for State Sen. Connelly requesting his support for this bill.
AlphaKoncepts aka CGS Posted June 1, 2016 at 06:43 PM Posted June 1, 2016 at 06:43 PM Thanks for the update and for your hard work. Many of us were with you in spirit. What a roller coaster.
Plinkermostly Posted June 1, 2016 at 06:51 PM Posted June 1, 2016 at 06:51 PM I can not concieve how you manage to tolerate that . . ."group" . . . (well, some of them anyway) of people. Thank you.
C0untZer0 Posted June 1, 2016 at 06:59 PM Posted June 1, 2016 at 06:59 PM Hey Todd, I hate to be negative but if you get a chance to talk to the NSSF person, please convey that their website / headlines are really behind. HB 1016 was a direct shot at dealers and manufacturers - should have been right in NSSF's wheelhouse, but they were very slow adding it to the Government Relations section of their website, I'm not even sure if there is info concerning it now because that part of their website isn't mobile-friendly. They sent out 1 e-mail alert in the beginning, which is good but I think they'd want comprehensive info on their website about 1016. I'm not trying to be critical, just trying to show them where they could improve.
FieldGL Posted June 1, 2016 at 07:00 PM Posted June 1, 2016 at 07:00 PM Thanks Todd and everyone else who helped.
EnCrypt Posted June 1, 2016 at 07:08 PM Posted June 1, 2016 at 07:08 PM Great work Todd! thanks so much for your dedication!
DD123 Posted June 1, 2016 at 07:09 PM Posted June 1, 2016 at 07:09 PM Thanks Todd! We appreciate all of your help and effort with getting our rights back. Hopefully we can get this pushed over the goal line soon!
AKS-74U Posted June 1, 2016 at 07:25 PM Posted June 1, 2016 at 07:25 PM Thanks Todd! any thoughts on the "shooting range" language?
Tvandermyde Posted June 1, 2016 at 07:30 PM Author Posted June 1, 2016 at 07:30 PM Thanks Todd! any thoughts on the "shooting range" language?yea don't worry abou it
FieldGL Posted June 1, 2016 at 07:32 PM Posted June 1, 2016 at 07:32 PM Thanks, I'll start contacting Senator for suppressor bill. What about HB1016, since it's not dead. Should we still be contacting our reps about this?
FieldGL Posted June 1, 2016 at 07:49 PM Posted June 1, 2016 at 07:49 PM stay on the reps on 1016 Got it! My guy voted YES on Amen. 6. He gave me a generic response, I'll reply and see if maybe we can make him change his mind.
Tvandermyde Posted June 1, 2016 at 07:50 PM Author Posted June 1, 2016 at 07:50 PM stay on the reps on 1016
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