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In their April 18, 2010 editorial, the Washington Post Editorial Board came out reluctantly against the current D.C. Voting Rights Bill finding that "sometimes compromise demands too high a price. This is such a time." On April 22, 2010, after the House leadership pulled the bill, the Washington Post Editorial Board urged the Democrats in Congress and the White House to not be "complicit in letting the gun lobby set the agenda" and seek fair treatment of the city. For the text of both editorials, read more.
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The D.C. Voting Rights Act, which the House of Representatives was to vote on this week, was pulled off the legislative calendar by House Democratic leadership because of public furor over the increasingly onerous gun amendments on it and that the Republicans proposed to add to it. D.C. Statehood - Yes We Can! thanks everyone who wrote or called to help kill the bill. For D.C. Statehood - Yes We Can"s position on the bill and for recent press coverage, read more.
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The New York Times editorial board published on April 15, 2010 a scathing editorial on Congress's cravenness in scuttling D.C.'s gun control laws as the price for a single vote in the House for our nonvoting delegate. Many District residents agree with them and have been calling the House leadership and Delegate Norton's office to complain. For the entire editorial, read more.
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