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WASHINGTON (AP) -- D.C. voting rights advocates have launched an ad campaign urging Congress to give the city a full vote in the House without also repealing its gun restrictions.
Ilir Zherka, executive director of the group DC Vote, says the ads are running on local and national blogs, radio stations and Capitol Hill newspapers.
One online ad includes an image of a gun and reads, "D.C.'s rights held hostage."
The Senate passed the D.C. voting rights bill last month with an amendment that would repeal most of the city's strict gun-control laws.
A vote in the House has been postponed while Democratic leaders strategize on how to move forward.
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., told reporters Tuesday he hopes to have a vote before the House takes a one-week break April 4.
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