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CQ TODAY MIDDAY UPDATE
Sept. 19, 2008 – 1:03 p.m.
Senators Ask Reid To Bring Up House-Passed DC-Gun Bill
Texas Republican Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison and 46 other senators have asked for Senate floor time for House-passed legislation to roll back District of Columbia gun laws.
In a letter Thursday to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid , D-Nev., the group asked him to call up the bill before the end of the 110th Congress.
“We ask you to ensure that D.C. residents do not have to wait any longer to realize their constitutional rights,” Hutchison and her allies wrote. The letter was signed by five Democrats.
Pro-gun-rights lawmakers say the District government is not abiding by a June Supreme Court decision in District of Columbia v. Heller that voided the city’s handgun ban. The D.C. City Council promulgated temporary laws in July, and another set of temporary laws Sept. 16, even as city officials work on new permanent ones.
The letter was sent after the House voted 266-152 on Thursday to pass the legislation. California Democrat Dianne Feinstein has already vowed to filibuster it in the Senate if necessary.
Reid has not decided whether or when to call up the legislation, according to his spokesman.
http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?docID=cqmidday-000002956120
CQ TODAY MIDDAY UPDATE
Sept. 19, 2008 – 1:03 p.m.
Senators Ask Reid To Bring Up House-Passed DC-Gun Bill
Texas Republican Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison and 46 other senators have asked for Senate floor time for House-passed legislation to roll back District of Columbia gun laws.
In a letter Thursday to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid , D-Nev., the group asked him to call up the bill before the end of the 110th Congress.
“We ask you to ensure that D.C. residents do not have to wait any longer to realize their constitutional rights,” Hutchison and her allies wrote. The letter was signed by five Democrats.
Pro-gun-rights lawmakers say the District government is not abiding by a June Supreme Court decision in District of Columbia v. Heller that voided the city’s handgun ban. The D.C. City Council promulgated temporary laws in July, and another set of temporary laws Sept. 16, even as city officials work on new permanent ones.
The letter was sent after the House voted 266-152 on Thursday to pass the legislation. California Democrat Dianne Feinstein has already vowed to filibuster it in the Senate if necessary.
Reid has not decided whether or when to call up the legislation, according to his spokesman.