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 Sunset of the AWB in the 1994 Crime Bill   View Current Signatures   -   Sign the Petition To:  U.S. Congress, Senate, President of U.S.A. We the undersigned, believe the current Assault Weapon and High Capacity Magazine Ban found in the text of HR3355 “VIOLENT CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT ACT OF 1993” (As passed by the House on August 21, 1994 and subsequently approved by the Senate on August 25, 1994); TITLE XI-FIREARMS, SUBTITLE A-ASSAULT WEAPONS, should sunset as provided by SEC. 110105. EFFECTIVE DATE, paragraphs (1) and (2). This ban has not reduced crime by preventing...

Republicans lawmakers are already planning to extend several tax cuts that are slated to “sunset” in the next year or two under a deal that kept the newly approved reductions to $350 billion. In addition, Congress will most likely take up another bill to extend expiring tax cuts that were left out of the package that President Bush will sign into law today. House Majority Whip Tom DeLay (R-Texas) has said the House may send “one or two” tax cut packages to the Senate as soon as this summer. Some of the additional tax cuts, like the “extenders,” will most...

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 8, 2003 SEC. 3. ELIMINATION OF SUNSET. Section 110105 of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 is amended-- (1) by striking `--' and all that follows through `(1)'; and (2) by striking `; and' and all that follows through `that date'. SEC. 4. GRANDFATHER PROVISIONS. Section 922(v)(2) of title 18, United States Code, is amended-- (1) by inserting `(A)' after `(2)'; (2) by striking `on the date of the enactment of this subsection' and inserting `as of September 13, 1994'; and (3) by adding after and below the end the...

<p>WASHINGTON -- Last week, President Bush again urged American business to "tell the truth to employees and shareholders" and practice "open accounting." At almost the same time, Republicans in the Senate, at the quiet but intense urging of the White House, massaged their own budget accounting rules to fit a $400 billion tax cut through a $124 billion hole.</p>

House Won't Act on Assault Weapons Ban The Republican-controlled House will not renew the federal ban on Uzis and other semiautomatic weapons, a key leader said yesterday, dealing a significant blow to the campaign to clamp down on gun sales nationwide. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Tex.) said most House members are willing to let the ban expire next year. "The votes in the House are not there" to continue the ban, he told reporters. His spokesman, Stuart Roy, said, "We have no intention of bringing it up" for a vote.

The Republican-controlled House will not renew the federal ban on Uzis and other semiautomatic weapons, a key leader said today, dealing a significant blow to the campaign to clamp down on gun sales nationwide.

Delay Sees Assault Gun Ban Expiring in Congress WASHINGTON (Reuters) - House Majority Leader Tom Delay, a proudly pro-gun Texas Republican, predicted on Tuesday the House will allow a 1994 assault weapons ban to expire next year. "The votes in the House are not there to reauthorize (renew) it," DeLay told reporters. DeLay's opposition to the ban puts him at odds with President Bush, who wants it to be extended although he generally opposes the expansion of gun laws. The ban, approved during the Clinton administration, applies to military-style semi-automatic assault weapons like the Uzi and the AK-47 that have...

WE WERE NEVER thrilled with the USA Patriot Act, the law that gave the feds expanded surveillance and law enforcement powers when in pursuit of terrorists. Like most Americans, we thought it an unpalatable but justifiable temporary measure in the longer war on terror. So when Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, proposed making the act permanent, we were alarmed. We could see no justification for giving the government such sweeping powers indefinitely. Happily, the U.S. Senate was just as alarmed. Last Thursday it became clear there were not enough votes in the Senate to make the Patriot Act permanent. With that...