NewsChannel 8’s Bruce DePuyt has an interview with D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton in which Norton drops some teasers about what’s to come in the long-stalled D.C. House Voting Rights Act (h/t Loose Lips). Apparently the White House is set to get involved, though Norton won’t say exactly who. And what will the final bill look like? “We think we can keep [same-sex marriage] off of it…I think I can keep some guns off.” Hmmmm. Some? We tried to get details out of voting rights activists, but no one seemed to know much right now. The last time we checked in, Norton and Majority Leader Steny Hoyer were quibbling over when the bill should be voted on. We’re now half-way through May, and time is ticking away…
Martin Austermuhle