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06-26-2012, 11:18 PM
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/26/rand-paul-gun-dc-budget_n_1629401.html
Rand Paul Gun Amendments Could Derail D.C. Budget Autonomy
Plans to mark up legislation Wednesday to give budget autonomy to the District of Columbia were derailed after a Republican Senator said he planned to offer amendments that would roll back some of the District’s gun laws.
Democrats on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee were confident they could defeat a number of amendments offered by Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), including one that would ban federal funding for abortions in D.C.
But there was less certainty about whether they would be able to block two other Paul amendments related to guns; a number of pro-gun-rights Democrats sit on the committee.
Ultimately, senior lawmakers, in consultation with local officials and activists, decided they would be better off canceling the markup than taking the chance that they would not be able to send a “clean” bill to the Senate floor.
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Rand Paul Gun Amendments Could Derail D.C. Budget Autonomy
Plans to mark up legislation Wednesday to give budget autonomy to the District of Columbia were derailed after a Republican Senator said he planned to offer amendments that would roll back some of the District’s gun laws.
Democrats on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee were confident they could defeat a number of amendments offered by Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), including one that would ban federal funding for abortions in D.C.
But there was less certainty about whether they would be able to block two other Paul amendments related to guns; a number of pro-gun-rights Democrats sit on the committee.
Ultimately, senior lawmakers, in consultation with local officials and activists, decided they would be better off canceling the markup than taking the chance that they would not be able to send a “clean” bill to the Senate floor.
more at link above