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Johnson, Phelps Vote to Expand "War on Terrorism" |
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by Peter Miller
Email: peterm (nospam) shout.net (unverified!) |
27 May 2002
Modified: 03:02:57 PM |
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A supplemental "anti-terrorism" bill adds $30 billion to the national budget ($30 b that can't be used for education, health care, or activities that promote PEACE) and it expands the US war on terrorism. |
War on Terrorism Expands in Colombia
On Thursday last week (May 23), the US House of Representatives approved HR 4775, a massive 29 billion dollar bill to expand the US war on terrorism. The bill includes both military and civilian components. The government will spend sixteen billion dollars on the military, plus another thirteen billion for aid to New York City, new technology to detect explosives, increased funding to the FBI, grants for college students, and increased aid to Israel and a much smaller amount of aid to Palestinians. Both US representative Tim Johnson and Rep. David Phelps voted in favor of the spending bill that drew sharp partisan barbs, with Democrats accusing Republicans of increasing the national debt. The house approved the bill by a vote of 280-138. Aside from increased money, the bill also expands the US role in Colombia's civil war. James McGovern, a democrat from Massachusetts attempted to remove language that permits the government to use US soldiers in Colombia to fight the "war on terror" in addition to the "war on drugs." McGovern argued that expanding the role of the US military will plunge the US "head first into a grinding and deepening civil war that has plagued Colombia for nearly four decades." Both US congressmen Tim Johnson and David Phelps voted to use US soldiers in Colombia to fight the "war on terror." The senate must also approve the bill.
http://thomas.loc.gov/
News-Gazette, 5/26/02 page B-6. |
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