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Bill Introduced to Increase Tariffs on Assault Rifle Importers

Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., recently introduced a bill that would impose a 20% tax on all revenues of an importer that imports more than 100 "semi-automatic assault weapons and large-capacity ammunition feeding devices." The bill has only one co-sponsor, Delegate…

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Eleanor Holmes Norton, a Democrat who as an at-large representative from Washington, D.C., is not allowed to vote on the floor of the House. Maloney lost her primary in August, and will not return to Congress in January.