Senate ties D.C. vote to gun issue

From the New York Times:

WASHINGTON — The Senate approved a bill on Thursday to provide the nation’s capital with a voting representative in the House, but it came with a hitch. A controversial amendment was added that would repeal most of the city’s gun-control regulations.

Approved by a 61-to-37 vote, the D.C. House Voting Rights Act would expand the House for the first time since 1913, providing a vote for Washington and an additional seat for Utah, which narrowly missed getting one after the last census.

The measure is likely to end up in the courts, however, even if a similar bill passes the House, as is expected next week. President Obama has said he will sign the legislation.

The gun amendment makes the Senate measure significantly different from the bill in the House, which could slow passage. However, some members of Congress said the amendment was unlikely to survive the negotiations between the House and Senate over a final version of the bill. ...

Article here. As the article notes, expect the pro-gun measure to be stripped from the final conference report. D.C. gets is vote in the House of Representatives, and gets to keep its onerous gun controls in place. It's a "win-win", as the saying goes, for everyone except those who believe in the Constitution.