[CLUE-Talk] CBDTPA update - DOA

[bill ehlert]

**  i'm going to send a note thanking
    him . . .


         senator_leahy at leahy.senate.gov




--- Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier
<jbrockmeier at earthlink.net> wrote:
> On Sat, 30 Mar 2002, Charlie Oriez wrote:
> 
> > Wired just broke a story
> >
> >
>
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,51425,00.html
> >
> > It's dead Jim.  At least for this year. 
> Thank you notes should go to
> > Leahy.  And yes, I do think Leahy can make it
> stick.
> 
> This is Very Good News, but we should keep an
> eye out. The story
> also mentions that something similar will be
> introduced in the
> house.
> 
> We also have to keep an eye out for something
> similar to "bait and
> switch." Often legislators propose a bill that
> is just outright
> horrifying (ie, SSSCA/CBDTPA) and push the idea
> that we "must have"
> legislation dealing with whatever issue they're
> glomming on to.
> The first, really, really bad bill gets killed,
> but more very similar
> are introduced until something gets passed.
> 
> I doubt that this is over, but we've at least
> got a little breathing
> room. I wonder if the EFF is going to go off
> "alert" now?
> 
> I'm still going to go ahead and contact the
> Colorado reps next week
> and find out their position on the bill and
> give the info back
> on the list.
> 
> Take care,
> 
> Zonker





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