Opponents Promise Challenge to D.C. Gun Law
WASHINGTON — The doors opened Thursday to post-handgun ban era here, with gun rights advocates vowing another legal challenge to the city's newly approved gun control law. Less than a month after the Supreme Court overturned the city's 32-year-old handgun ban — the most restrictive in the nation — the same litigant in the landmark case appeared at police headquarters and ...
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Can Representatives Change their Vote?
A visitor to this site asked me: If a particular representative of Congress voted on a certain issue, and then changed his/her vote at a later point, how can I find out about this? The visitor commented that this is supposedly done quite often. Is it really true that Members of Congress can change their votes? As it turns out, actual ...Published 1 day ago | -
Applications Roll In for Pocket-sized Passports
People who chafe at the cost of a passport or worry about carrying one to the beach soon will have a cheaper, easier option. The government is on the cusp of releasing passport cards that fit in a wallet and cost half the price of a new passport. About 350,000 Americans have applied for the new card, the latest step toward ...Published 1 day ago | -
2010 Census Won't Count Gay Marriages
Diane Curtis and Ellen Leuchs tied the knot in May 2004, less than a week after Massachusetts legalized same-sex marriage and a decade after beginning their life as a couple. To the U.S. Census Bureau, however, their marriage does not count. Or, more specifically, it will not be counted in the 2010 census. Although gay marriage is legal in Massachusetts and ...Published 1 day ago |
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