Ill. Legislature Votes to Cut Sudan Ties

[Rose Siding]

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Illinois lawmakers have voted to have the state sell off about $1 billion worth of investments in companies doing business with Sudan, part of a nationwide campaign to protest genocide in the African nation.

If Gov. Rod Blagojevich signs the legislation, Illinois would become the first state in the nation to pull investments from companies with Sudanese ties. Similar legislation is pending elsewhere, and Harvard University also recently announced plans to stop Sudanese investments.
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Sen. Jacqueline Collins, who pushed the bill through the Illinois Senate with unanimous support, said she modeled her proposal on laws passed in the 1980s that put pressure on South Africa to end apartheid.

"This is a piece of legislation that really grew out of my belief that I had to take a moral stand," Collins said.

http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-illinois-sudan,0,1553883.story?coll=sns-ap-nationworld-headlines

Sen Collins, Democrat, hails from Chicago 17th :yourock:

[madrchsod]

1. even our republicans voted for this!

i guess there are republicans that do make a moral stand once in awhile..tip of the hat to my democratic and republican senators

[yellowcanine]

2. Sudan ties? Who knew?