Chaffetz Fights Gay Unions for D.C.

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Rep. Jason Chaffetz conceded Thursday that Republicans will not be able to force votes within a tight 30-day limit allowed by law to rescind a just-passed District of Columbia ordinance that recognizes same-sex marriages that were performed elsewhere.

But Chaffetz, ranking Republican on a subcommittee overseeing D.C. operations, said Republicans have come up with another way possibly to block it later -- and at the same time prevent a new move to permit D.C. itself to license performance of same-sex marriages in the nation's capital.

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Chaffetz Fights Gay Unions for D.C.

"We introduced a bill," he said, noting that Congress can consider it at its leisure bey...

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