Last year after Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was shot, her colleague Carolyn McCarthy of New York introduced a bill to ban high-capacity magazines like the one used in that multiple murder.

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The final hearing of the day was a briefing on the Mental Capacity Bill from DOJ officials.

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The Bill will also set up a "capacity market" aimed at ensuring continuity of electricity supply during periods of peak demand.

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About 120 Democrats, including Nancy Pelosi, the speaker, could well vote against the bill (the latter presumably only in her personal capacity, though the change of tack was driven by Harry Reid, the majority leader in the Senate).

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Plans for a ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines have already been removed from the gun-control bill, amid lack of political support.

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But the spiralling wage bill and relatively small attendances at the 20, 000-capacity Fratton Park have forced the sale of the likes of Glen Johnson, Peter Crouch and Sylvain Distin, although the club made several signings before the end of the transfer window.

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That is why I wrote the Universal National Service Act, known as the "draft" bill, which requires all men and women between ages 18 and 25 to give two years of service in any capacity that promotes our national defense.

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At the same time, consumers got an extra bill to support wind farms that, because of the inconstancy of the wind, operate at 25% of their capacity (figure from the British Wind Energy Association) or 8% (according to E.on, a large operator of UK wind farms).

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