Via HuffPo:

Sen. Mark Begich (D-Alaska) may cross the aisle and join a group of Republican senators in filibustering the gun legislation that is expected to come up for a vote on whether to proceed with debate on Thursday.

“I think people should have the opportunity to vote if they know what they’re voting on,” Begich said in an interview with the Daily News-Miner in Alaska. “I might be one of those that at the end of the day that doesn’t vote for cloture, because anyone can talk about amendments, but we haven’t seen one of them yet.”

The Senate needs 60 votes in order to proceed with debate on Thursday. It will then need another 60 votes to end the debate and amendment period, before proceeding to a final vote on the actual legislation.

Fourteen Republican senators, including Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), have threatened to filibuster the gun control bill and prevent it from even reaching the floor for debate. Several of their colleagues, in both the House and the Senate, have criticized that position, saying Americans deserve an open discussion on the issue of gun control.

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