THE LEDGER-STAR
Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Monday, August 22, 1994 TAG: 9408220211
SECTION: FRONT PAGE: A1 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: BY LARRY MARGASAK, ASSOCIATED PRESS
DATELINE: WASHINGTON LENGTH: Short : 40 lines
President Clinton's anti-crime bill is advancing to the Senate, where Democrats must find the same kind of help from moderate Republicans that rescued the $30.2 billion compromise in the House.
The bill cleared the House 235-195 in a rare Sunday session, after key Democrats and moderate Republicans bargained until dawn and 3 a.m. the two previous nights.
Sen. Joseph R. Biden, D-Del., chairman of the Judiciary Committee, said debate should begin today on the bill, designed to help hire 100,000 new police officers, build new prisons and, much to the consternation of the powerful National Rifle Association, ban military-style assault weapons.
With the outcome uncertain for hours, a crucial preliminary vote Sunday flashed the results of deals that cut $3.3 billion from the earlier bill, mostly from crime prevention programs.
Forty-two Republicans supported the president. ILLUSTRATION: HOW THEY VOTED
Virginia Reps. Herbert H. Bateman (R), Owen B. Pickett (D), Robert
C. Scott (D) and Norman Sisisky (D) all voted NO.
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HOUSE APPROVES ANTI-CRIME BILL
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KEYWORDS: U.S. CONGRESS CRIME BILL
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