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...order to secure its passage, however, Democratic proponents of the bill had to make two concessions: the repeal of the majority of D.C.’s gun-control regulations and, more significantly, an additional congressional seat for the state of Utah, a stipulation first offered in the failed D.C. House Voting Rights...
...significance of this latter provision is that Utah is one of the most heavily Republican states in the Union, while D.C. is among the most Democratic sectors of the country due to its disproportionately high African-American population. In order for the bill to pass, the entailed increase in Democratic congressional representation had to be balanced by an equivalent increase in Republican congressional representation...
...taken a moderate line on gun control, supporting citizens' right to own guns but issuing a 2004 veto of a bill that would have allowed Kansans to carry concealed weapons...
...This is setting up a confrontation that pro-life Catholics will not walk away from." Bill Donohue, president of the Catholic League, criticizing Sebelius' stance on abortion amid early rumors of her being considered for the post...
...costs of doing nothing about climate change will outweigh the costs of action. But too often journalists - many of whom lack a sophisticated understanding of economic modeling - resorted to "he said, she said" reporting that reinforced the idea that the two sides were equal. Not coincidentally, the Warner-Lieberman bill eventually went down in an embarrassing defeat in the Senate...