ZIMMERMAN BILL HELD UP IN HOUSE

posted by Andrea Kelly

A committee of the U.S. House of Representatives appears to be stalling on a bill that would name a meeting room in the Capitol Visitor's Center in Washington, D.C. after Gabe Zimmerman.

Zimmerman, who worked for U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, was one of six killed in the Jan. 8 shooting as she met with constituents. He's the only congressional staffer to be killed in the line of duty.

Giffords' office and several others support the bill to name a room after him to honor his service, but it's stalled in the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, according to an article in The Hill newspaper.

The resolution to rename the room was introduced July 20, and according to a news release Giffords' congressional office issued the same day, Zimmerman was one of GIffords' first staff members.