But bar and restaurant owners complained that the ban could hurt business.

The ban, he said, "will hurt those it is trying to help."

And many bar owners have said the ban will hurt their business.

The ban has hurt black athletes as well as white ones.

The ban has hurt local restaurants, particularly those on Capitol Hill.

He said the owners failed to prove the ban would hurt business.

On the East End, which has 8 to 10 professional hunting guides, the ban has hurt financially.

But a federal judge overturned the plan in December saying that in trying to fight piracy, the ban hurt small filmmakers.

She said a ban would hurt restaurateurs too.

The State Department had said such a ban could hurt friendly countries.