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Date Sent: 2010-02-04
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Thursday, February 4, 2010 |
Google asks NSA's help to ward off cyberattacks -- Obama Grows Drug War, with Enforcement
Intelligence chief acknowledges U.S. may kill Americans involved in terrorism -- States mull requiring prescription for Sudafed and Claritin-D
-- Secession and Economic Collapse - by Russell D. Longcore -- Alabama
Anti-Gambling Task-Force Chief Wins Jackpot, Resigns. Then Things Get
Weird. -- Phoenix police fail to get full indictment against blogger critical of them -- Currency Dispute Likely to Further Fray U.S.-China Ties -- 7.2 Million Homeowners Delinquent
-- Scared Witless: Ben Bernanke and Audit the Fed/End the Fed Movement
-- U.S. Mint silver, gold, platinum coin revenue hits $1.7bn record
high in FY 2009 -- Obama Stiffs California: State Budget Crisis Deepens
-- BofA's Banker Bonus Pool for 2009 is $4 Billion -- IRS Acquiring Shotguns -- Verichip is Now Called PositiveID -- Tennessee considers reducing unemployment pay
AZ: Guiliani, Colin Powell greetings all day long today; Arizona Breakfast Club Saturday.
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News Link • Internet
Google to enlist NSA to help it ward off cyberattacks
02-03-2010
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Washington Post
The world's largest Internet search company and the world's most powerful electronic surveillance organization are teaming up in the name of cybersecurity.
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Drug War
Obama Grows the Drug War, with Enforcement a Clear Priority
02-03-2010
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The Raw Story
According to 2011 funding "highlights" released by the ONDCP, the Obama administration is growing the drug war and tilting its funds heavily toward law enforcement over treatment.
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Reported by:
Jet Lacey
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Sarah Palin endorses Rand Paul for U.S. Senate
02-03-2010
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RandPaul2010
National political icon and conservative leader Sarah Palin has endorsed Dr. Rand Paul in his bid for United States Senate from Kentucky. The Paul campaign has received a generous donation from Governor Palin’s PAC.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • TERRORISM
Intelligence chief acknowledges U.S. may target Americans involved in terrorism
02-03-2010
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NY Times
Director of National Intelligence Dennis C. Blair acknowledged Wednesday that government agencies may kill U.S. citizens abroad who are involved in terrorist activities if they are "taking action that threatens Americans."
Blair told members of th
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Running for Senate, Rand Paul lights a fire under Kentucky GOP
02-03-2010
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Washington Post
Rand Paul believes he was born to lead the anti-establishment movement sweeping the GOP.
"I would say if there is a candidate who comes from the movement, who has never been a politician," Paul said, "I'm it."
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Drug War
States mull requiring prescription for Sudafed and Claritin-D
02-03-2010
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USA Today (h/t The Agitator)
State and local efforts to thwart methamphetamine production by further limiting consumer access to a popular decongestant are pitting law enforcement against pharmacists and patients.
New ordinances in some Missouri communities and legislation pe
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
In 'vegetative state' patients, brain scanners show some alert minds
02-03-2010
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Washington Post
Many of the patients were labeled with the same grim diagnosis: "vegetative state." Their head injuries, teams of specialists had concluded, condemned them to a netherworld -- alive yet utterly devoid of any awareness of the world around them.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Secession and Economic Collapse - by Russell D. Longcore
02-03-2010
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The Libertarian Enterprise
Economic collapse in the US is inevitable. But because the dollar is currently the world's reserve currency, when the US gets sick, so will the rest of the world. Tragically, the worst of the consequences for regular people will happen here in Americ
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Corruption
Alabama Anti-Gambling Task-Force Chief Wins Jackpot, Resigns. Then Things Get Weird.
02-03-2010
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Deceiver (h/t The Agitator)
David Barber, the appointed head of the Alabama Task Force on Illegal Gambling, won a jackpot gambling in Mississippi. So while he’s fighting gambling in Alabama, trying to keep it illegal, he’s popping over the border for some quick cash.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Arizona's Top News
Phoenix police fail to get full indictment against blogger critical of them
02-03-2010
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Photography Is Not a Crime
It’s been almost a year since Phoenix police raided the home of a blogger who had been critical of them, hoping to find some shred of evidence that would allow them to lock him up. Or at least shut him up. The search warrant, signed by a judge who ha
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Anthropology
America's Bright Future: Prostitot Lingerie Parade
2-3-10
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celebrities.ninemsn.com.au/blog
Whether it's dressing like a dominatrix for Halloween, skipping around a pole-dancing pole or performing the totally un-PG hits 'Smack That' and 'Tik Tok', we suspect this nine-year-old could easily notch up more scandals than her big sis...
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • China
Currency Dispute Likely to Further Fray U.S.-China Ties
02-03-2010
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AP
To the growing list of grievances between the US and China, add one more: the Obama administration is reviving American pressure on China to stop artificially depressing its currency, a policy that fuels its persistent trade gap with the United State
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Events: Arizona
Tonight: Attorney Marc Victor "Protect Your Rights During A Police Encounter"
02-03-2010
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Students for Liberty
ASU Students for Liberty will be screening "10 Rules For Dealing with Police," and having a Q&A session with local defense attorney Marc Victor.
Ask all the legal questions you've been dying to know, FOR FREE!
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Ben Nichols
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News Link • Housing
Housing Cheerleaders Wrong: 7.2 Million Homeowners Delinquent
2-3-10
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HousingWire.com
Accounting for foreclosures in the pipeline, the total non-current rate stands at 13.3%, according to the data in the LPS database. When extrapolated for the entire mortgage industry, 7.2m mortgage loans are behind on their payments.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Scared Witless: Ben Bernanke and Audit the Fed/End the Fed Movement
2-3-10
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EconomicPolicyJournal.com
Ron Paul's Audit the Fed/End the Fed movement is having an impact on Bernanke. When he devotes so much of his swearing in speech to Ron Paul's concerns, you know Ron Paul is on his mind, big time.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Revenge of the Birth Death Model: 824,000 Jobs Disappear Feb. 5th, 2010
2-3-10
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GlobalEconomicAnalysis.blogspot.com
Please note that the birth death model has added 990,000 jobs since April. Those jobs are not reflected in the upcoming 824,000 revision.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Gold and Silver
U.S. Mint silver, gold, platinum coin revenue hits $1.7bn record high in FY 2009
02-03-2010
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Mineweb
Despite the inability of the U.S. Mint to acquire sufficient blanks, both gold and silver bullion coins smashed sales records due to unprecedented investor demand in FY 2009.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Events: Arizona
Mises Circle Comes to Phoenix, Arizona April 10th 2010
02-03-2010
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mises.org
The line up reads like a day's listing on LewRockwell.com, including one Charles Goyette. The theme is - The Inflationary Path to Despotism. All this for 85 skins (including lunch). Not too shabby, I say. Not too shabby indeed.
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Jet Lacey
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News Link • Government
Voter ID & Real ID: TX hitches the living to the dead
02-03-2010
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BeatTheChip.org
Lately, news is bubbling to the surface about federal ID as a way to supplant the political aims of Texas State leaders wishing to appear "tough on immigration". Some Texans have varied ideas about what Real ID is and should be. What Real ID will ne
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Sheila Dean
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Shock Blocker
02-03-2010
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arclein
Just 25 per cent of the pigs receiving only saline survived for 4 hours - the typical time it takes to get hospital treatment - while 86 per cent of those injected with valproic acid survived. All those that had a blood transfusion lived
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robert klein
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News Link • History
Los Lunas Decalogue Stone
02-03-2010
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arclein
i have argued that the core narrative of the bible can be placed during the two centuries preceding 1159 bce with overlap. i will not chase all details here, but it is sufficient to recognize the ascendancy of the sea peoples who sported the right n
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robert klein
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News Link • TERRORISM
Sen. Susan Collins: The Talking 'Terror Porn' Parrot
2-3-10
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Youtube.com
In a stiff and quivering voice Senator Susan Collins works her way through her talking points
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Economy - International
Germany experiences cash-for-clunkers 'Withdrawal Symptoms'
2-3-10
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spiegel.de/international
Audi, BMW, Mercedes and Ford all saw slumps ranging between 10 percent and 20 percent. Porsche got hit the hardest, with a 32 percent dip.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Obama Administration
Obama Stiffs Arnie and California: State Budget Crisis Deepens
2-3-10
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FresnoBee.com
So where does that leave the deficit-riddled state budget? Up the creek without conveyance.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
Battery Low? Buy a Quick Charge
02-03-2010
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HappyNews.com
Hercules Networks sells Automated Charging Machines (ACMs) for powering up mobile devices on the go.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • World News
Karl Eikenberry Papers: US Afghan Ambassador's Report Warned Against Troop Escalation (VIDEO)
02-03-2010
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HuffingtonPost
Many people are skeptical of President Obama's escalation of the war in Afghanistan, sending an additional 30,000 troops there in an effort to boost US counterinsurgency efforts. One of the most prominent skeptics is the U.S. ambassador to Afghanista
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Obama Administration
Dylan Ratigan rips Into Obama, calls him out on T.A.R.P. hypocrisy
2-3-10
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ZeroHedge.com
The president continues to say in public that banks have almost paid Americans back. That is a lie. The fact is the TARP which congress approved is only 2% of trillions of dollars in free money being provided to our banks by the Fed and Treasury.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
COURIC FACES PAY CUT; DEEP LAYOFFS HIT CBSNEWS
02-03-2010
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Drudge
CBS boss Les Moonves is determined to save money and trim expenses -- from top to bottom -- at the former crown jewel of broadcasting.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Corruption
T.A.R.P. Suckler: BofA's Banker Bonus Pool for 2009 is $4 Billion
2-3-10
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online.WSJ.com
Bank of America Corp. approved more than $4 billion in 2009 pay for its investment bankers and traders, meaning those workers will collect an average of $300,000 to $500,000 for the year, according to a person familiar with the matter.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Contract from America: 'tea party' crafts its election manifesto
02-03-2010
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ChristianScienceMonitor
Taking a cue from the GOP's success in 1994, the 'tea party' movement is putting together a Contract from America " a platform for the 2010 elections culled from thousands of suggestions.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
David Rosenberg: Why Q4 GDP Was Really Over 7% Lower
2-3-10
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ZeroHedge.com
Rosie speculates that real GDP in Q4 would have been down more than 7%from the announced 5.7% expansion, if one strips away the stimulus benefits.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • China
Toyota recall: Chinese see lessons for own firms with tainted products
02-03-2010
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ChristianScienceMonitor
The Toyota recall has sparked debate among consumers in China " which has taken hits over tainted milk products and toys with lead paint " about how companies should respond. Is Japan's top carmaker putting Chinese firms to shame?
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Drug War
“I Don’t Care What The Judge Said!” " The Morally Obscene War On Drugs
02-03-2010
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Joel Turtel, author
Why the war on drugs is morally obscene and how juries can end the drug war.
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Joel Turtel
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Reference Link • TAXES: Federal
IRS Acquiring Shotguns
fbo.gov
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) intends to purchase sixty Remington Model 870 Police 12 gauge pump-action shotguns for the Criminal Investigation Division.
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Jet Lacey
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News Link • New World Order
To "Mark' a New Year, Verichip is Now Called PositiveID
02-03-2010
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Op-ed News
Verichip/PositiveID has been pummeled on the NASDAQ...Why this backlash? It's a human implantable microchip and that does not sit well with the Ma and Pa investor.
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Jet Lacey
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News Link • TAXES: State
Tennessee considers reducing unemployment pay
02/03/2010
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godlikeproductions.com
With Tennessee's jobless rate persistently in double digits, the idea of cutting weekly benefits has emerged as one way to keep the state's unemployment compensation fund in the black.
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Phennommennonn GLP
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News Link • 911 / World Trade Center
Action Plan Update: Rudy Giuliani Laura Bush Colin Powell
02-03-2010
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WeAreChangeArizona.com
The event downtown Thursday is not only being held in three locations but will run all day from 8AM to 5pm, you can see from the Website www.getmotivated.com that the event will be at the US airways center and Jobing Arena, the events will also bro
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Drew
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News Link • Activism
Supervisors get silent treatment
02-03-2010
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Suzanne Adams, Kingman Daily Miner Staff Reporter
Zanna, colleague cover mouths with duct tape at meeting to protest county policy
KINGMAN - Two residents offered a silent protest Monday to how some residents have been treated by the county.
Residents Luca Zanna and Dean Jacobs slapped pieces
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Gianluca Zanna
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News Link • Legislative Mischief
Akaka Bottles Up S.663, Thank You WWII Merchant Mariners Bill
02-03-2010
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Mondo Frazier
Surviving the highest casualty rate in the US Armed Services during WWII, Merchant Mariners returned home after the war with no veterans status and no benefits. Now, a bill to thank the Mariners, which has 60 Senate sponsors, languishes in a committ
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