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<IMG src="http://www.truthdig.com/images/masthead_newsletter.gif"> Hi, I read this on Truthdig and thought you would find it interesting. =-=-=-=-=-=-= Ethics Bill Passes by Huge Margin Within hours of taking power in the House, Democrats successfully <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070105/ap_on_go_co/congress_rdp" title="pushed through">pushed through</a> ethics legislation by a telling margin: 430 to 1. Either it’s politically untenable to vote in favor of corruption (except for Dan Burton of Indiana) or the bill was watered down enough, as critics alleged, that it wasn’t worth opposing. <a href="http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20070104_ethics_bill_passes_by_huge_margin/">http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20070104_ethics_bill_passes_by_huge_margin/</a> Copyright © 2007 Truthdig, L.L.C. All rights reserved. =-=-=-=-=-=-= This is a one-time mailing from Truthdig, (<a href="http://www.truthdig.com/">www.truthdig.com</a>) on behalf of the sender. Please report any misuse to webmaster-at-truthdig.com <IMG src="http://www.truthdig.com/images/masthead_newsletter.gif"> Hi, I read this on Truthdig and thought you would find it interesting. =-=-=-=-=-=-= Ethics Bill Passes by Huge Margin Within hours of taking power in the House, Democrats successfully <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070105/ap_on_go_co/congress_rdp" title="pushed through">pushed through</a> ethics legislation by a telling margin: 430 to 1. Either it’s politically untenable to vote in favor of corruption (except for Dan Burton of Indiana) or the bill was watered down enough, as critics alleged, that it wasn’t worth opposing. <a href="http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20070104_ethics_bill_passes_by_huge_margin/">http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20070104_ethics_bill_passes_by_huge_margin/</a> Copyright © 2007 Truthdig, L.L.C. All rights reserved. =-=-=-=-=-=-= This is a one-time mailing from Truthdig, (<a href="http://www.truthdig.com/">www.truthdig.com</a>) on behalf of the sender. Please report any misuse to webmaster-at-truthdig.com

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