Edited sentence: 5441) to be used to confiscate lawfully-possessed firearms during an emergency or major disaster.All 55 Republicans, joined by 28 Democrats and 1 Independent, voted to pass an amendment to prohibit the use of taxpayer funds allocated under the Homeland Security appropriations bill (H.In passing this legislation, the United States Senate acted on a bi-partisan basis to protect the self-defense rights of citizens when those rights are most vital, in the aftermath of a major disaster, when law-abiding citizens are left to defend themselves and their families.Sixteen Democrats (including both Senators from the states of California) voted to defeat this commonsense legislation.They are extreme opponents of the Second Amendment and the rights of citizend to defend themselves