Democratic Underground Latest Greatest Lobby Journals Search Options Help Login
Google

Congress passes anti-terror bill

Printer-friendly format Printer-friendly format
Printer-friendly format Email this thread to a friend
Printer-friendly format Bookmark this thread
This topic is archived.
Home » Discuss » Latest Breaking News Donate to DU
 
eppur_se_muova Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-27-07 08:24 PM
Original message
Congress passes anti-terror bill
Source: BBC

The US Congress has approved an anti-terrorism bill implementing many recommendations of the commission which investigated the 11 September attacks.

The bill, which President George W Bush is expected to sign, allocates a greater share of funding to cities at higher risk of terrorist attack.

It also requires the authorities to screen all cargo on passenger planes and container ships within five years.

Democrats made the bill a priority when they won control of Congress this year.

Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6920198.stm
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
Prisoner_Number_Six Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-27-07 08:25 PM
Response to Original message
1. Does this mean we can impeach *bush now?
Since he's the world's Number One Terraist....
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
DU AdBot (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view 
this author's profile Click to add 
this author to your buddy list Click to add 
this author to your Ignore list Tue Apr 23rd 2024, 04:17 PM
Response to Original message
Advertisements [?]
 Top

Home » Discuss » Latest Breaking News Donate to DU

Powered by DCForum+ Version 1.1 Copyright 1997-2002 DCScripts.com
Software has been extensively modified by the DU administrators


Important Notices: By participating on this discussion board, visitors agree to abide by the rules outlined on our Rules page. Messages posted on the Democratic Underground Discussion Forums are the opinions of the individuals who post them, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of Democratic Underground, LLC.

Home  |  Discussion Forums  |  Journals |  Store  |  Donate

About DU  |  Contact Us  |  Privacy Policy

Got a message for Democratic Underground? Click here to send us a message.

© 2001 - 2011 Democratic Underground, LLC