Freshmen stand tall.
Despite pressure from the top, more than two dozen Freshmen Republicans bucked their leadership and refused to violate the Constitution. These Congressmen were among that group of men and women who temporarily killed the terror bill last year when GOA activists bombarded the House with calls, postcards, faxes and emails. In fact, GOA and friends were able to get many, many harmful provisions removed, including a provision that could have put the firearms industry out of business. Indeed, this one provision would have severely punished gun dealers for selling a firearm to someone that they should have known was going to use it in a violent crime. Hyde also listed the coalition of groups outside the Congress that supported the terror bill.