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Bill, as I mentioned at the zoo, congress had 160 new items on it's list on the 15th alone. The chance that this bill even makes it to a reading is fairly thin. It is written and at best introduced in order to show that they are "doin sumptin" about an issue that chruch going bible thumpers find close to their heart.
I would suspect that they are very much aware that the bill has absolutely no chance of getting passed (and reconciles with the house), and if so, they are also aware that it would likely get tied up in first amendment arguments for the next decade or so, much in the same way that Clinton era COPA laws are still circling around the bottom of the toilet bowl, but occassionally looking like they might resurface just long enough to remind us how stupid and misguided they really were.
Remember, Ashcroft actually had the balls (and brains) to push COPA back to the surpreme court to try to get another kick at the can, not to actually get it put into law, but to give the republicans another feather in their caps on the child protecting field.
It is, once again, a ploy, an attempt to both confuse the electorate and abuse the media with announcements of "potential" laws. Sadly, the media never makes it clear that these are only "stabs in the dark" with little or no potential of becoming law, but are instead reported as a sort of valium for the populace, a sedative for the collective soul.
Alex
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