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The USA Bill of 2001: Anti-terrorism? Anti-foreigner? Anti-dissent? |
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by Michael Feltes Email: mfeltes (nospam) newmail.net (unverified!) |
09 Oct 2001
Modified: 11 Oct 2001 |
Some links to information about the USA Bill currently under consideration in the Senate, as well as contact information for our Senators if you feel the spirit move you. |
Here is some more detailed information on the headline I wrote for the Newshour about the Senate anti-terrorism bill, including the text of the bill. Wouldn't it be nice if anytime a bill was referenced in a press release or article, the writer included the bill number? It took me two days to find this text.
Here is a link to the ACLU's critique of this bill:
http://www.aclu.org/action/usa107.html
Here is the link to the Senate bill from Thomas:
USA Act of 2001 (S.1510):
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d107:s.01510:
Here, also, are our dear Senators' contact information in Washington. I'm planning on giving both a call tomorrow.
E-mail Senator Fitzgerald
My e-mail address is senator_fitzgerald (at) fitzgerald.senate.gov
555 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
(202) 224-2854
Senator Dick Durbin
332 Dirksen Senate Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20510
Phone (202)224-2152
TTY (202)224-8180
Fax (202)228-0400
dick (at) durbin.senate.gov |
What Does "It is the sense of Congress that--" Mean?? |
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I am skimming the text of SB.1510, and it seems like a number of sections start out "It is the sense of Congress that--" followed by a set of seemingly unenforcible principles.
Does anyone know what this tag line "It is the sense of Congress that--" means, and where it comes from? |