From: lvc@cbnews.cb.att.com (Larry Cipriani)
Subject: U.S. Senate Approves Repeal Legislation for D.C. Ordinance
Organization: Ideology Busters, Inc.
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 03:06:06 GMT
Keywords: dc, strict liability

From: The New Gun Week, Friday August 14, 1992

U.S. Senate Approves Repeal Legislation for D.C. Ordinance

by John M. Snyder

The U.S. Senate, late in July, voted to repeal the District of
Columbia's anti-gun strict liability ordinance.

Under the ordinance, manufacturers or dealers of firearms anywhere
in the world may be held liable in the District for death or injury
caused by third parties using the affected firearms, regardless of
how they were acquired.

The voice vote July 27, came as Sen. Bob Smith of New Hampshire
moved to include the repeal provision (S-2113) as an amendment
to an appropriations bill for the Departments of Commerce, State
and Justice.

Earlier, the chair had attempted to deny the Smith motion, but
the ruling was overturned on a roll call vote of 32 to 50.

If the appropriations measure itself is approved by the Senate,
it moves to a House-Senate conference committee, expected to be
comprised of the House and Senate membes of the respective
Appropriations Subcommittees on Commerce, State and Justice, where
a tough fight on the Smith measure is expected.

Senators voting to uphold the chair's ruling against the Smith
motion were:

Brock Adams (WA)
Daniel Akaka (HI)
Lloyd Bentsen (TX)
Joe Biden (DE)
David Boren (OK)
Robert Byrd (WV)
John Chafee (RI)
Alan Cranston (CA)
Alan Dixon (IL)
James Exon (NE)
Bob Graham (FL)
Tom Harkin (IA)
James Jeffords (VT)
Edward Kennedy (MA)
Robert Kerrey (NE)
John Kerry (MA)
Herbert Kohl (WI)
Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
Patrick Leahy (VT)
Carl Levin (MI)
Howard Metzenbaum (OH)
Barbara Mikulski (MD)
George Mitchell (ME)
Daniel Moynihan (NY)
Claiborne Pell (RI)
Donald Riegle (MI)
Charles Robb (VA)
John D. Rockefeller, IV (WV)
Paul Sarbanes (MD)
Paul Simon (IL)
Paul Wellstone (MN)
Harris Wofford (PA)

The following senators voted to repeal the DC ordinance:

Max Baucus (MT)
Jeff Bingaman (NM)
John Breaux (LA)
Hank Brown (CO)
Dale Bumpers (AR)
Conrad Burns (MT)
Dan Coats (IN)
Thad Cochran (MS)
William Cohen (ME)
Kent Conrad (ND)
Larry Craig (ID)
John Danforth (MO)
Thomas Daschle (SD)
Dennis DeConcini (AZ)
Christopher Dodd (CT)
Robert Dole (KS)
Peter Domenici (NM)
David Durenberger (MN)
Slade Gorton (WA)
Phil Gramm (TX)
Charles Grassley (IA)
Orrin Hatch (UT)
Mark Hatfield (OR)
Howell Heflin (AL)
Ernest Hollings (SC)
Bennett Johnston (LA)
Nancy Kassebaum (KS)
Joseph Lieberman (CT)
Trent Lott (MS)
Richard Lugar (IN)
Connie Mack (FL)
Mitch McConnell (KY)
Don Nickles (OK)
Sam Nunn (GA)
Bob Packwood (OR)
Larry Pressler (SD)
David Pryor (AR)
Harry Reid (NV)
William Roth (DE)
Warren Rudman (NH)
Jim Sasser (TN)
John Seymour (CA)
Richard Shelby (AL)
Alan Simpson (WY)
Bob Smith (NH)
Ted Stevens (AK)
Steve Symms (ID)
Strom Thurmond (SC)
Malcolm Wallop (WY)
John Warner (VA)

Senators not voting were:

Christopher Bond (MO)
Bill Bradley (NJ)
Richard Bryan (NV)
Quentin Burdick (ND)
Al D'Amato (NY)
Wendell Ford (KY)
Wyche Fowler (GA)
Jake Garn (UT)
John Glenn (OH)
Albert Gore (TN)
Jesse Helms (NC)
Daniel Inouye (HI)
Robert Kasten (WI)
John McCain (AZ)
Frank Murkowski (AK)
Terry Sandord (NC)
Arlen Specter (PA)
Timothy Wirth (CO)

Sens. D'Amato, Helms, Kasten and Murkowski indicated that, if
they were able to be present, they would have voted with Smith.
-- 
Larry Cipriani, att!cbvox1!lvc or lvc@cbvox1.att.com
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