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.
On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 2:50 PM, Jim Devine <[email protected]> wrote: > Robert Naiman wrote: >> As I described in the piece, Grijalva's law would apply to arms sales >> to any country. It would apply to U.S. weapons sales to Syria, if >> there were any. It would also apply to U.S. weapons sales to Bahrain - >> which there are (see the links in the piece.) It would also apply to >> U.S. weapons sales to Honduras. > > then it won't pass, will it? > -- > 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 -- Robert Naiman Policy Director Just Foreign Policy www.justforeignpolicy.org [email protected] _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
