The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights

Residents of the nation's capital will have to wait for a vote in Congress.  Yesterday, a vote on the DC House Voting Rights Act was delayed in the House of Representatives after a failed attempt to remove an amendment to repeal the District's gun control laws. 

The bill will increase the permanent House membership from 435 to 437 by giving one seat to the District of Columbia, and adding a fourth seat for Utah.  The gun amendment was added in February when the Senate passed the bill.  Many supporters of the bill in House would not vote for it with the gun amendment, which delayed the vote.

"We will do everything in our power to pass the DC Voting Rights Act in this Congress. But, it's obvious that we'll also need to take our battle on guns to the next level," said Ilir Zherka, executive director of DC Vote