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Article: FRANK URGES LIBERALS TO DROP GUN CONTROL, STRESS OTHER ISSUES
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- November 5, 1988
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WASHINGTON - Rep. Barney Frank, who is known as one of the
most liberal members of Congress, said yesterday that liberal
Democrats should stop pushing for issues such as gun control so
that the party can win support for what he called the more
important liberal agenda of housing and abortion rights.
The Massachusetts Democratic congressman said he still
supports numerous gun control measures, such as the proposal for a
7-day waiting period to buy a gun, which was defeated this fall.
But he stressed that liberals could stop proclaiming gun control as
a priority.
Frank also said liberal Democrats should stop backing
proposals that put the government in the position of "regulating ...