NEWZ: Barbara Boxer Kudos
Jan. 7th, 2005 12:17 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
shannon_aBarbara Lee ain't our only Californian representative with balls.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/01/07/BOXER.TMP
As far as I can read, this was in part due to pressure from Boxer's constituents; nice when a politician actually pays attention.
Now if she'd just stop trying to make pens and paper illegal with the INDUCE act.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/01/07/BOXER.TMP
California Sen. Barbara Boxer, expressing regret for failing to act after the contested 2000 presidential election, delayed George Bush's formal re-election for almost four hours Thursday in a nearly unprecedented protest of election day irregularities.
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Boxer's move, which Capitol wags quickly dubbed "Boxer's Rebellion," made many of her Democratic colleagues uncomfortable and drew biting criticism from Republicans, particularly in the House.
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The move was just the first challenge to a state's full slate of electoral votes since 1877.
As far as I can read, this was in part due to pressure from Boxer's constituents; nice when a politician actually pays attention.
Now if she'd just stop trying to make pens and paper illegal with the INDUCE act.