proposal before it and there hasn t even been committee action. the only committee action taken on this was a resolution i introduced in september, did get a vote in the senate foreign relations committee in december. but then it expired when the congress adjourned. and in the new congress we haven t taken it up. we are not supposed to be at war in a declared war on the say so of a president without a congressional vote. and this is a very dangerous thing. very disrespectful of the troops we re asking to risk their lives that congress won t even do the job to debate about whether the mission is worth it. well that s a great point in terms of what it does to the troops morale. however, is this the president s fault for acting and going around congress? or is this congress s fault for not being able to stand on the convictions of this. i put blame on more shoulders but more on congress s shoulders. the president started this bombing campaign on august 8th. he had congressional leader
after they ve happened. not just the sandy hook shooting, but the previous shooting of gabby giffords, et cetera, and this washington post graphic actually shows new stories about gun control. the aurora shooting and the representative gabby giffords shooting, but if you look at that kufsh, it quickly falls off in the weeks thereafter. as horrible assist sandy hook was, is there any chance with all the other news with the fess cal cliff, with everything else that, we can sustain the level of outrage long enough for a task force to produce legislation that can pass? i think if it was ever going to happen, it will happen now. we re seeing things we have never seen the president do, and we re seeing thing in congress we haven t seen quite at this level. i mean, the president for the first time in his entire time in the white house is actually talking about gun control, period. that alone is progress. the only things he has done to date in the white house were to pass two laws that actua