[Todd Tiahrt]'s eight-point amendment, which targets the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and was drafted with the NRA's help, would prohibit the use of federal funds for several bureau activities. It would prevent the bureau from requiring firearms dealers to conduct a physical inventory, from denying licenses to dealers whose sales fall below a certain level, and from demanding that certain dealers provide documentation for all used guns sold in a specific period.

Tiahrt refused to withdraw the amendment and won passage on a 31 to 30 vote. Before the vote, Tiahrt assured colleagues the NRA had reviewed the language, which won over some Democrats as well as several Republicans. "I wanted to make sure I was fulfilling the needs of my friends who are firearms dealers," Tiahrt said. NRA officials "were helpful in making sure I had my bases covered."

[Elton Gallegly] has a bill before the House Resources Committee, and he describes it as a reasonable curb on bear feeding. "I just say you can't put a truckload of Twinkies by the side of the road for the purpose of enticing a bear out to shoot it," Gallegly said in an interview. The bill has about 170 co-sponsors, and Gallegly said he is optimistic the measure will pass the House.