Anti-gun lobby & Dem Party leadership kills voting rights for DC

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Wednesday April 21, 2010 · 12:47 PM PDT

2010/04/21 · 12:47

DC gun laws are important, but its citizens' voting rights are even more important in my humble opinion. And no doubt it would've been very painful to accept National Rifle Association-sponsored gutting of Washington DC's gun laws in exchange for Congressional voting rights, but bad call Tuesday by Steny Hoyer, DC 'sorta Congressional rep' Eleanor Holmes Norton and the Democratic Party establishment to abandon the chance for voting rights for DC citizens.

The Senate in February 2009 had passed the first voting rights bill for Washington DC in 32 years. Too bad that historic vote's now wasted. Hoyer said it's unlikely he'll bring the bill to the House floor in 2010.

And how the hell did the NRA amendment get onto the Senate's bill in the first place? . . .

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