Word: outlaw
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QUOTE OF NOTE: "I will fight to keep our military out of unconstitutional foreign missions such as Somalia and Bosnia, plus outlaw U.N. control over U.S. troops...
QUOTE OF NOTE: [On the partial-birth-abortion ban] "Some have argued that it is necessary to outlaw a procedure they consider inhumane. But to prohibit its use even in those rare and unfortunate circumstances when it is necessary is even more inhumane...
Sanders is the only independent in Congress, and the first socialist to serve on Capitol Hill since 1928. His outsider status has made it difficult for him to pass his sponsored legislation, but he has fought successfully for $1.08 billion to fund fuel assistance for the poor and outlaw the denial of health insurance to domestic-abuse victims. He also advocates higher taxes for the wealthy and a 50% military budget...
Like a growing number of hunters, Fritchman has joined cause with animal-rights activists like the Humane Society to reform hunting practices. He heads the Idaho Coalition United for Bears (I-CUB), which is pushing a November ballot initiative to outlaw baiting and hounding bears as well as stalking them in the spring, when sows emerge from their dens with newborn cubs. This fall, hunting- and wildlife-related measures are on the ballot in several states (see chart). Those determined to reform hunting practices have resorted to popular referendums because the legislative committees and regulatory commissions that oversee hunting...
...three-fourths of Americans approve of hunting, 62% believe that many hunters violate hunting laws or engage in unsafe or unethical practices, a three-year study by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service found. In fact, a majority of hunters oppose the very practices that reformers are seeking to outlaw, according to a 1992 study by Idaho's fish and game department. Says Jim Posewitz, founder of the Orion Institute, a hunters' group promoting reform: "Unless we address some of these practices that work to erode the concept of fair play, they will be addressed...