At 07:48 PM 8/2/96 -0500, Declan McCullagh wrote:
John Conyers, the ranking Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, blasted Gingrich and the Republican leadership for "bringing a meaningless bill to the House floor."
Conyers said to reporters at 1 pm: "It's a hoax on the American people. It is all bark and no bite... This bill is missing the important wiretapping provisions that would allow law enforcement to find and stop terrorists before they kill.
I remember the old days when the conservatives were the Law'n Order guys. (pulling my long white beard and vigorously shaking my rocking chair) These days when somebody dies in police custody, you automatically know that the caring progressive lovers of the poor and oppressed are running the city where it happened. --------------------------------------------------------------------- | We have the right to defend ourselves | http://www.jim.com/jamesd/ and our property, because of the kind | of animals that we are. True law | James A. Donald derives from this right, not from the | arbitrary power of the state. | jamesd@echeque.com