A Whopping 403 Pages of Legislation in a Week | DownsizeDC.org Blog | Congress, March 26-31

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DownsizeDC.org Blog | Congress, March 26-31

A summary of all the bills Congress passed last week. Nice short summaries. Interesting reading.
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For the week of March 26 through 31, Congress passed a whopping 403 pages of legislation!

You are now responsible to obey and pay for all of this new law. Are you prepared to do so?

Do you think anyone in Congress read all of this dense legalease? Do you think Congress deliberated, debated, or asked questions before they voted to impose all of this on you?

We suggest you use this information to write a message to Congress about the “Read the Bills Act.”

Let them know that you’re aware they passed 403 pages of legislation last week. Tell them you are skeptical that they read it, debated it, asked questions, or really understood all of it before they passed it into law.

Tell them they can relieve your lack of confidence in them by introducing Downsize DC’s “Read the Bills Act.”

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Lawmaker wants baking soda to be sold behind counter | St. Louis Area News | KMOV.com | St. Louis, M

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Lawmaker wants baking soda to be sold behind counter | St. Louis Area News |
KMOV.com | St. Louis, MO

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A St. Louis legislator wants to require that baking soda be sold behind the pharmacy counter, as part of an effort aimed at a base ingredient in crack cocaine.   The proposal by Democratic Representative Talibdin El-Amin is modeled after a state law that requires some cold medicines to be placed behind the pharmacy counter because they contain ingredients used to make meth.   The anti-meth law requires customers to show a photo I-D and sign a book specifying their name, address and how much they purchased.
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Absolutely ridiculous.
I’m sick and tired of punishing the many for the disruption of the few.
The powers that be are already forcing me to stand in prescription drug lines and get even MORE scrutiny to buy “over the counter” anti-allergy medicine (showing my ID and signing a log book) than I do to get prescription drugs.
Nanny State combined with the power grabbing “War on Drugs”. Neither are good and neither work.

Obama Finds Success Breeds More - The Swamp - Chicago Tribune

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The Swamp - Chicago Tribune - Blogs.
In political fundraising, success often yields more success.

Sen. Barack Obama’s presidential campaign said Thursday that it took in an additional $435,000 via the Internet during the 24-hour period that followed its Wednesday morning announcement that he had raised $25 million during the first quarter.

The campaign says the contributions came from more than 4,600 people, including nearly 4,300 who had not previously given.

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Keep it up, Barack.

Let’s see if he can sustain this.