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Thursday, July 28, 2005
Kill (the) Bill!!Whoops! Late breaking, from Kelpie Wilson, environmental writer for Truthout.org, this piece "Kill the Bill." Yes, that one, the Energy Bill in my prior post this evening. Kelpie thinks this bill is worth playing the filibuster card over - or as she puts it, drawing the filibuster sword from its sheath. I think she's right, in fact, and with this in mind urge you to call your senators tonight or early tomorrow to let them know this is not the bill the American people deserve. It is 1700 pages of crap, and deserves to be flushed. Sending Rep. Joe Barton down the drain along with it, hopefully. Here are the items from the bill that Kelpie really wants us to be aware of:
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