Absolutely. It's an undisguised attack on White House policy. On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 3:23 PM, Jim Devine <[email protected]> wrote: > 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
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