I'd bet that the White House would oppose this bill.
Robert Naiman wrote: > In this House, I would guess that passage anytime soon is highly unlikely. > > But it could be a vehicle for people working to raise the bar, > especially among Democrats. As of today there are just 25 co-sponsors > of the bill. That list could be significantly expanded. Already, in > the case of Bahrain and Honduras, a lot of Members of the House, > mostly Democrats, are on record saying that the bar should be higher > than just saying that these particular weapons aren't going to be used > for human rights abuses, or the weapons aren't going to particular > units that have engaged in human rights abuses. -- Jim Devine / If you're going to support the lesser of two evils, you should at least know the nature of that evil. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
