House budget says CDC can study gun violence

Washington • Accompanying the $1.3 trillion spending bill that the House passed Thursday afternoon is language that may open the door slightly to restoring federal funding for gun research.The language, which is still pending passage in the Senate, clarifies that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention can indeed conduct research into gun violence. For more than two decades, a 1997 rule that Congress passed under pressure from gun lobbyists - known as the Dickey Amendment - has essen