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US Senate 'Unlikely' to Pass NRA-Backed Bill Repealing DC Gun Control
18 September 2008
Washington Post
The House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly yesterday to legalize semiautomatic rifles in the District and repeal its gun registration laws, but the bill's future appeared in doubt as a prominent senator announced she would try to block it.
"If this bill comes to the floor of the United States Senate, I will do everything in my power to stop it," Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) said in a statement.
The House bill passed 266 to 152, with the support of 85... (GunPolicy.org)