Reply #36: If that's your assumption...

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I would prefer to know why and when this bill was not passed. In other words which bill it was that he co-sponsored or proposed. As far as a 'watered down' version, I think that is more the norm than the exception. I do not know who claims that a candidate is 'all seeing'. As far as the stimulus debate, I am not sure when it is these Senators are proposing legislation. I had assumed a 'stimulus package' would be introduced now. Not a year from now.

Congress May Track Threat Reduction More Closely
Monday, January 14, 2008
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Global Security Newswire By Elaine M. Grossman

WASHINGTON — An omnibus federal funding bill that U.S. President George W. Bush signed into law late last month includes provisions intended to allow Congress to more closely monitor progress in nuclear threat reduction efforts (see GSN, Dec. 21, 2007).

Such efforts include U.S. assistance to Russia and other former Soviet states in securing or removing weapon-grade uranium from reactors and storage sites, upgrading security at these facilities, and attempting to block the smuggling of weapons of mass destruction.

Co-sponsored by presidential hopeful Barack Obama (D-Ill.) and Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.) in the Senate and Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) in the House, the legislative measure calls on the White House to issue a report on a “comprehensive nuclear threat reduction and security plan.” The document, to be submitted to Congress in both classified and unclassified forms, is due June 23.

The new law includes detailed reporting requirements aimed at providing greater executive branch accountability for reducing the risk of nuclear terrorism. Some observers say the measure’s passage into law is the result of mounting frustration among lawmakers with Bush administration efforts to date to stem the threat.
http://obama.senate.gov/news/080114-congress_may_tr/