'Chaos of emotions': Historic week in DC met with joy and tears after gun deal, Roe, Jan. 6 hearings
Capitol Hill is reeling after one of the most historic weeks in Washington, D.C. that saw two major Supreme Court rulings, the first gun deal in 28 years and hearings related to Jan. 6, 2021.
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WASHINGTON – Friday morning, Congresswoman Madeleine Dean put on her orange sneakers and fastened an orange ribbon to her lapel, proudly wearing the color that symbolizes ending gun violence.
The Pennsylvania Democrat was excited to cast her vote for a bipartisan gun deal – a vote she calls the proudest of her life. A vote the mother and grandmother believed would save children's lives. Dean cried tears of joy at the thought of breaking a 30-year stagnation in public safety.
Her joy was short-lived.
Her pride was replaced with deep heartache at about 10:30 a.m. when the U.S. Supreme Court released its decision to overturn five decades of a legal precedent that guaranteed abortion rights.
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