Word: bans
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...CONTROL Worked for passage of the assault-weapons ban and of the Brady bill, which imposes waiting periods and background checks on handgun purchases. Wants to ban gun sales to convicted spouse abusers...
...ABORTION] Opposes abortion, and backed a constitutional amendment to ban it except in cases of rape and incest, or to protect life of the mother. Favored "partial birth" abortion ban Clinton vetoed, and opposes use of taxpayer money for any abortions...
...CIVIL RIGHTS/GAY RIGHTS] Opposes affirmative action, which he once favored, now calling it discriminatory. Backs CCRI, and before leaving the Senate introduced a bill to ban most federal race and gender preferences. Opposes discrimination against gays but does not favor a law that would ban it in housing and hiring. He also opposes gay marriage...
...CONTROL] Opposed gun-control measures in the Senate, including the Brady bill. Favors replacing its five-day waiting period with an instant, computerized background check. Opposed the assault-weapons ban, but doesn't advocate repeal...
...stretch from Florida to California and north to Lake Superior. Its Congressmen, long stymied by a Democratic majority on the Hill, finally got their chance when the G.O.P. took control in 1994. They pushed through bills allowing exploration for oil in the Alaskan National Wildlife Refuge and lifting a ban on exporting state oil. Federal investment is vital here, but with the government controlling 60% of the state's land, it has bred resentment as well. Washington is a long way from the "Last Frontier," and state politicians would--sort of--like to keep it that...