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Curbs on Sex, Violence Access Nixed
By David Espo
Associated Press Writer
Wednesday, June 16, 1999; 7:56 p.m. EDT
WASHINGTON (AP) -- In a victory for the entertainment industry, the House refused today to curb youth access to explicit sexual or violent material in video games, movies and elsewhere in modern-day culture.
The vote was 282-146 and came as lawmakers in both parties said the restrictions would have violated the Constitution's free speech guarantee.
In a long day of debate, the House also approved tougher steps to combat juvenile crime and girded for a politically charged showdown over gun control as it struggled to respond to this spring's shooting deaths at a Colorado high school.
With a series of gun votes set for Thursday, President Clinton lobbied long distance for passage of mandatory background checks for all firearms purchases at gun shows.
``I urge you to stand up to the gun lobby once again,'' he wrote to dozens of lawmakers in a letter from Switzerland, where he was attending an international conference. The National Rifle Association has lobbied furiously for a less restrictive measure than the all-inclusive background checks at gun shows passed by the Senate.
Read it in full:
http://search.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WAPO/19990616/V000379-061699-idx.html
(If this is common knowledge, I apologise, but I couldn't find a mention of it on TFL).
You are on your own, fellas ......
B
By David Espo
Associated Press Writer
Wednesday, June 16, 1999; 7:56 p.m. EDT
WASHINGTON (AP) -- In a victory for the entertainment industry, the House refused today to curb youth access to explicit sexual or violent material in video games, movies and elsewhere in modern-day culture.
The vote was 282-146 and came as lawmakers in both parties said the restrictions would have violated the Constitution's free speech guarantee.
In a long day of debate, the House also approved tougher steps to combat juvenile crime and girded for a politically charged showdown over gun control as it struggled to respond to this spring's shooting deaths at a Colorado high school.
With a series of gun votes set for Thursday, President Clinton lobbied long distance for passage of mandatory background checks for all firearms purchases at gun shows.
``I urge you to stand up to the gun lobby once again,'' he wrote to dozens of lawmakers in a letter from Switzerland, where he was attending an international conference. The National Rifle Association has lobbied furiously for a less restrictive measure than the all-inclusive background checks at gun shows passed by the Senate.
Read it in full:
http://search.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WAPO/19990616/V000379-061699-idx.html
(If this is common knowledge, I apologise, but I couldn't find a mention of it on TFL).
You are on your own, fellas ......
B