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Pab Sungenis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-18-07 11:30 AM
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What to do with the remaining hours
There's one bill left to pass in the House's 100 hour agenda, and a full 66 hours to do it. Considering the previous 5 took an average of 7 hours each to pass, I think it's safe to say that the Democratic leadership is going to finish their work in half the time they had allotted.

Since there's no point in wasting the remaining 50 hours, might I suggest a few more priorities to help fill the time?

(1) The Windfall Profits Tax
(2) The Fairness Doctrine
(3) Repeal of the new Bankruptcy law

The above are a bit more controversial than the rest of the 100 hours bills were, so they'll take longer to pass. That's why I'm only suggesting three. Then, when the 100 hours are up, get to work on ending this stupid war of choice.
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phantom power Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-18-07 11:32 AM
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1. And, of course, the "100 hours" is an arbitrary time period. They've got 2 years :-)
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Cronus Protagonist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-18-07 11:33 AM
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2. Increase estate tax for over $1,000,000 estates too
Mainly because I know Bush and his buddies HATE that tax and it only affects a couple thousand filthy rich people in the entire country.
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SharonRB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-18-07 11:38 AM
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3. Restore habeus corpus
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applegrove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-18-07 11:50 AM
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4. Great ideas.
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