Word: billã
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Dates: during 2001-2001
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Immediately following the Sept. 11 attacks, a $40 billion appropriations bill was passed almost unanimously. It was incredible that such a sweeping measure passed with little debate. The bill??s rushed passage was a failing of Congress to consider thoroughly every measure it passes, especially one as sweeping as a $40 billion appropriations bill. To be fair, a speedy relief package was necessary, but spending $40 billion in a matter of days with practically no opposition borders on reckless. Speed was not the only reason the bill passed with little objection. Legislators would not risk seeming unpatriotic...
Council President Paul A. Gusmorino ’03, said the bill??which passed with few dissenting votes—will enhance communication between the House committees...
...Griffin said the Harvard administration did not comply with the bill??s recommendations and the council had to face an outraged constituency...
...thirds of Mass. voters support this legislation and yet the state has not funded the bill??marchers said this is what brought them...
...arguments on each side have been fierce. Cloning will end our humanity, say one bill??s supporters; it will eliminate individuality and identity; it will turn children from welcomed gifts to parent-designed projects; it will bring back the eugenic program of the Nazis. In tones perhaps more appropriate for a dramatic reading of Revelations, they describe the “post-human future” that would arrive once “The Clones” are loosed upon us. As one vocal supporter prophesied, “once embryonic clones are produced in laboratories, the eugenic...