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Since New Year's Day, Washington has seen 55 murders, and City Council Chairman David Clarke has proposed a radical solution to the wave of homicides. Last week he introduced a bill that would further strengthen the city's tough gun-control laws by extending a legal doctrine called "strict liability" to firearms. The law would classify guns as inherently dangerous products whose manufacturers and distributors can be held financially liable for damages caused by their use -- prompting gun dealers to try to keep their wares out of the wrong hands. The statute, says Clarke, "will attempt to do through...
...everybody's ideal of a committee chairman. He might not like that, but that's the truth," says Geyser University Professor Henry Rosovsky, who was dean of the faculty during Verba's tenure as associate dean...
...chairman of the House Democratic Caucus, Rep. Bill Gray (D-Penn.), predicted there would be "no pay raise, no change" in the lawmakers' salary. Gray also said he doubted the House would move to ban speaking fees and other honoraria--a plan favored by Wright in return for the raise...
...Chairman and Chief Executive Officer: J. Richard Munro...
...Vice Chairman: Gerald M. Levin...