tom harkin here on the news she needed no this north carolina citizens are
protesting republicans
who they say are out of control
over the last two months activist civil leaders have
protest in extreme right wing policies in weekly moral monday rallies
this week more than two thousand people gathered at the state capitol in raleigh
proposing anti-abortion legislation being considered by state lawmakers
the public outcry over that bills extremist positions
led republican governor pat macquarie to threaten a veto if the bill makes it to
his desk
so the measure stalled
however g_o_p_ state lawmakers came up with a sneaky new way to put the
abortion restrictions into law
yesterday republicans in the north carolina house of representatives
attached anti trace measures to a motorcycle safety bill
without notifying the public or other fellow legislators
democratic state representative joe sam queen tweed id
new abortion bill being heard in the committee i am on the public didn't know
i didn't even know
in an added
i wish i had more time to look at this new bill before i had to ask questions
about it or debated
currently g_o_p_ legislators remove some of the most extreme anti-abortion
provisions in an effort to avoid another veto threat
however governor macquarie wasn't
fooled by the republican ploy
he condemned the deceptively legislation was brought forward and called the billy
quote shammai in quote
i'm wearing of the republicans devious tactics north carolina residents and
activists are outraged
melissa read of planned parenthood said quote it is a disgrace to north carolina
legislators have again a resorted to sneak attacks to move their anti women's
health agenda forward
this is outrageous and it's not how the people's business should be conducted
after this latest republican attempt to push extreme policies in north carolina
it's likely that there will be an even larger crowd at next week's moral monday
protest
in scrutiny is on wednesday senate democrats tried to restore lower student
loan interest rates
but couldn't get support for their proposal
pelican lawmakers refused to extend the three point four percent borrowing rate
for another year
they'd rather tight interest rates to financial markets
both competing plans failed as senators couldn't reach a bipartisan majority
high enough to overcome the sixty-vote threshold establish by republicans
democrats want to keep their rate low for another year while congress
considers abroad overall of student loans republicans what i borrow in rates
to financial markets which would leave students at the mercy of an unstable and
bring banking system
must both parties can agree on a plan students will be hat with a six point
eight percent interest rate
on any new college loan
back there being hit with the right now
swill greatly increase the financial strain on students and families
democratic senator tom udall said
quote today our nation students once again wait in vain for relief
expected more of us and i share their disappointment today we failed in our
nation's students pay the cost of that failed
investor the rest of the news of lemon non-discrimination act has passed its
first
hurdle in the senate
yesterday the senate health education labor and pension committee
voted fifteen do seven in favor of the bill which would finally put an end
tooele g_a_t_t_ discrimination in the workplace
early twenty nine states have no laws protecting gare lesbian people from
being fired
and thirty three states offer no protection for dc transgendered people
bill got support from all of the democrats on the committee along with
yes votes from republican senators marker lisa murkowski and foreign patch
the white house released a statement welcoming the bipartisan committee's
approval
boat we look forward to the full senate sc consideration of the e and e a and
continue
coverage of the house to move forward on this bill
that upholds america's core values of fairness
and equality
the washington d_c_ city council is considering a plan to decriminalizing
marijuana in the district in the measure stands a good chance of being approved
on wednesday councilman tommy wells in marion barry introduced legislation
hopes of changing dcs drug policy
which is given the citadel highest marijuana arrest freakin our nation
if the measure passes people found with less than one ounce of pop would get a
one hundred dollar ticket
instead of being hauled off to jail
grants smith of the drug policy alliance explained that thousands of district
residents have been or down with criminal records after being part was
small amounts of marijuana
so that's one of the underlined motivations for the council
to address this is a way to improve people's lives have been impacted by an
arrest record needlessly
metropolitan police department issued a statement objecting to the proposal but
considering a seventy five percent d_c_ voters
support the decriminalization of marijuana
experts say it's only a matter of time before this change will happen
and finalize that i'm comin for parisa let small children play with their
smartphones but its not everyday that you are one year old accidentally buys a
car
marlon resident paul stout
every slip in checking out fixer offers on ebay ab when he let his daughter's
serology old his phone
much to his surprise to receive the e-mail afterwards thanking him for his
purchase of the nineteen sixty two lost nearly sprite
couple of cincinnati password protections to their phones
and depleted any caps that could lead to unexpected purchases
act for the car requesting two hundred twenty five dollars but
wasn't exactly ready for a test drive
the girl's mother christina so that the card game with two engines and they were
both sitting in the back seat
how they did and then of course is the car mr starr decided to keep it fix it
up as a sixteenth birthday present for his daughter
strings ficar shape it may be a good thing he's got fifteen years to work on
the project
that's the way it is today thursday july eleventh
twenty thirteen
untill marvin
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