That's What I'm Talkin' About!

• "Taking a clear stand against anti-privacy provisions in the Patriot Act, the U.S. House of Representatives in an overwhelmingly bipartisan effort last night agreed to an amendment that would bar federal law enforcement from carrying out secret 'sneak and peek' searches without notifying the target of the warrant."

• "The House's approval early yesterday of legislation to allow Americans to buy less-expensive medicines from Canada and 24 other countries is a rare and resounding defeat for President Bush, Republican leaders, and the powerful drug industry."

• "The House overwhelmingly approved legislation Wednesday that would prevent media giants from buying up more TV stations -- a stiff rebuke to the Federal Communications Commission. With a similar vote likely in the Senate, the situation is set for a showdown with President Bush, who has vowed to veto any legislation that tries to undo the recent FCC decision to allow more concentrated ownership of television stations."

The moral of the story? Keep applying pressure to your representatives and senators! Phone, write, fax, e-mail, sit-in at their offices. Results may be slow in coming, may not be as expansive as we'd hope, and may be rolled back; but progress can be achieved.

Posted by Eddie Tews at July 26, 2003 06:47 PM