DC Vote Bill Could Be Back Next Week

WASHINGTON - House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer told a newspaper that members of Congress could as early as next week vote on a bill that would give D.C. a voting member of Congress.

The Senate passed a bill granting D.C. a vote more than a year ago, but senators added a gun amendment that would repeal strict gun registration requirements in the city and restrictions on semiautomatic weapons. The bill had since stalled without a vote in the House. The bill lawmakers are working on still includes some version of that amendment, Hoyer, D-Md., told The Washington Post.

The bill would actually add two new members, one for the Democrat-heavy district and another for the Republican-leaning Utah.

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