Lawmakers voted 299-128 to require screening of all cargo on passenger planes within three years, to check cargo ships for nuclear bombs before they leave ports bound for the U.S. and to boost homeland security funding for urban areas most likely to be terrorist targets.Wonder what the Senate will do?
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The anti-terrorism measure is the first in a series of bills the House is expected to pass this week and next. The list--all part of Democrats' campaign platform--includes an increase in the minimum wage, expansion of federally funded embryonic stem cell research and permission for the federal government to negotiate with pharmaceutical companies for lower drug prices for senior citizens.
"We must be ready to dare all for our country. For history does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid. We must acquire proficiency in defense and display stamina in purpose." - President Eisenhower, First Inaugural Address
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Wednesday, January 10, 2007
Now let the fun begin
The new Congress gets underway with the House passing a bill mandating "six impossible things by breakfast" as reported here:
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