June 18, 1999
Web posted at: 9:15 p.m. EDT (0115 GMT)

WASHINGTON (June 18) -- Politicians would love to take both sides of an issues -- if they could only get away with it. Well, this week House members tried to take both sides of the gun control issue.

And they shot themselves in the foot.

Somewhere in all that gunplay, there's a "Political play of the week:"

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Friday, June 18, 1999

• Gun control dies in House
• Roll call: House rejects gun control legislation
• Roll call: House passes juvenile justice package
• Roll call: House approves NRA-backed amendment on gun-show background checks
• Roll call: House rejects measure for mandatory gun-show background checks
• Roll call: House approves Ten Commandments provision
• 'Political play of the week' emerges from gun debacle
• Bush quietly signs NRA-backed gun bill
• Election briefs: News on McCain, Keyes, Gore and Bush
• Presidential candidate Bill Bradley rakes in the cash
• House panel holds new round of campaign finance hearings
• Gambling report urges restraint
• Lawmakers to airlines: Voluntary passenger-rights plan must get off the ground
• Helms says Holbrooke will likely be confirmed
• Gore chips away at that wooden image
• Republicans rivals use Bush's lead to appeal for money through mail
• Candidates express mixed views on Commandments, gun controls
• House panel, Clinton administration explore Social Security compromise
• Justice Department opts not to retry Maria Hsia on tax evasion trial
• Giuliani could have fight to face Hillary
• Robertson warns GOP leaders Gore stealing their message
• 'Compassionate conservative' is Bush campaign buzzword
• Clinton to appear on CNN's 'Late Edition' Sunday
• Ruling delayed on whether alleged Capitol gunman should be forced to take drugs
• Reno says she's not bothered by Parkinson's
• What it takes to pack the Clintons

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