Mississippi Anti-Choose Bill Dies in Committee
Writing by on Friday, 31 of March , 2006 at 4:36 pm
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I am sure that the uber right is pissed as hell, but the very hate-filled anti-choose bill has dies the death that all hate bills should.
From the Clarion-Ledger
Technorati Tags: Culture of Life, Life in General, The Radical RightMississippi lawmakers left Jackson shortly after 1 p.m., ending a lively 2006 session.
"There’s a time to plant and there’s a time to reap," said House Speaker Billy McCoy. "We don’t think further resolve can come. There’s always a time to shut her down, and that time is now."
In the three-month session, a $4.5 billion budget was approved, along with pay raises for state workers and college professors.
Measure that could not pass both chambers included a ban on more abortions, limiting government’s ability to condemn property and a tax swap to raise the tax on cigarettes and lower the tax on groceries.
A last-minute effort to pass $22 million in bonds for access roads to Chevron’s Pascagoula plant also failed to gain support during the final day of debate.
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