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D.C. citizens have opposed the D.C. Voting Rights Act and most particularly the gun amendments added, or threatened to be added, by Congress. For some of these comments, 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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The National Journal's David Gauvey Herbert in an article entitled, "Murky Road Ahead For D.C. Voting Bill," writes that "efforts to win a vote [for D.C.] in the House ended where they began: in gridlock." For the complete article, read more.
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Congressional leaders abandoned efforts yesterday to win passage of the D.C. voting rights bill this summer after city leaders wouldn't withdraw their opposition to an amendment that would do away with the District's strict gun-control laws.
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