saysuncle.com - 2/27/2009
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Getting word the bill overriding DC's gun control laws passed 62-36. Of note, Gillibrand voted against.
Update: NRA fast with the presser.
Update 2: Looks like he has the same source:
I am also hearing that Holder
article.nationalreview.com - 2/24/2009
nytimes.com - 3/5/2009
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nytimes.com —
Manhattan borough president Scott M. Stringer and others
are considering a run against Kirsten E. Gillibrand next...
year, underscoring her perceived vulnerability. >
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Challengers to Gillibrand Emerging
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BILL OVERRIDING D.C.’S GUN-CONTROL LAWS passed the Senate 62-36. Eric Holder’s gun-ban talk apparen…
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BILL OVERRIDING D.C.’S GUN-CONTROL LAWS passed the Senate 62-36. Eric Holder’s gun-ban talk apparently helped it along.
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... district almost certainly won’t. By “almost certainly,” of course, I mean “almost certainly if the challenge makes it to the Supreme Court while all four conservatives and the one sometime conservative are still on the court. Even so, the odds of even the most liberal court striking down the repeal of DC’s gun laws on any basis are slim to none. So as loathsome as this sausage making process may have been, right now the sausage itself is looking to be mighty tasty. H/t: Uncly-Wuncly and ...
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Lock and load: The kerfuffle over reviving the assault weapons ban continues, with Harry Reid joining Nancy Pelosi in pooh-poohing the idea and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) potentially being caught between them and the Obama ...