Democrats fail the District, again

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“There is not a consensus among the leadership of the District of Columbia on [whether to pass a bill with the anti-gun control amendment] as I understand it. And as a result of there not being consensus, I don’t think we’re going to be able to move the bill at this point in time,” House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said during a news conference last week.

Wait one minute. How did District officials get blamed for Democratic leaders’ failure to pass legislation that would have given more than 500,000 residents in the nation’s capital a voting representative in the House?

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