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- From: Furr@cup.portal.com (George Dalton Madison)
- Newsgroups: soc.motss
- Subject: Re: military ban legislation upcoming
- Message-ID: <74565@cup.portal.com>
- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 93 20:22:59 PST
- Organization: The Portal System (TM)
- References: <1993Jan26.183352.19650@spdcc.com>
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- Bob Donahue writes:
- > According to the paper the morning, it is expected that
- >if Clinton is successful in either removing the ban on the military
- >or starting a process by which the ban can be removed, that
- >legislation will be introduced to Congress which will change the
- >existing Executive Order to a legal directive.
- >It is NOT likely that this will be a singular bill!
- >Mor elikely it will be added as an AMENDMENT to another bill
- >which has congressional support, thereby making it nearly
- >impossible to stop it from being passed. Since there is no
-
- ...and this is one of the things that PISS ME OFF MOST about our
- legislative process. IMHO, it should not be ALLOWED to attach
- amendments that have NOTHING to do with the core bill -- period.
-
- The military's gay ban has nothing to do with family leave or
- medical care, and thus (again IMHO) should damn well not be
- attached to either one.
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- () In the carriages of the past you can't go anywhere.
- () -- Maxim Gorky
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- [> George D. Madison | NBCS: B8f+t+w-e+s+k+a!cv | Just say NO to razors! <]
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