Word: banning
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Earlier this year the House passed its own gift ban -- to the despair of restaurants and tour operators. A public relations executive who puts on theater and concert galas predicts that such bonfires of the vanities are engendering "a class of monks, who will live without benefit of cultural influence, except for television...
Almost at the same time, weeks after approving the long-delayed Brady Bill, Congress approved a ban on 19 different assault weapons in a narrow, unexpected victory. Just one day prior to the vote, Congressional supporters and opponents agreed that the ban would fall 20 voter short...
...response, both houses of Congress have passed gigantic crime packages made up of dozens of measures in an attempt to stem the nation's unenviable reputation as a world leader in urban violence. Legislators' passions for the bill helped sweep in the ban on assault rifles as one more weapon in the "war on crime...
Likewise, Clinton has been behind Congress's recent effort to take on the gun lobby, securing the passage of both of Brady Bill and the recent ban on assault rifles. In a much-publicized hunting trip, Clinton tried to bypass the NRA and explain to hunters the difference between a hunting rifle and a Saturday-night special...
Foiling the N.R.A., ban on 19 types of guns passes by a hair...