Pretext for plunder

[montana500]

Radical House member Pombo slips public land sell-off ammendment in budget bill. Bill passes by two votes. Bill now up in the Senate-house committee. Please contact your congress people and congressional leaders and demand Pombo's ammendment be stripped out.

http://www.congress.org/congressorg/home

http://www.wilderness-sportsman.com/

http://ga4.org/campaign/NO_Privatization_of_Public_Land

"The tip-off that members of Congress are up to no good is when they conceal true motives of legislation by describing it as just routine tweaking of old law.

Only the naïve buy into that sleight of hand. The fact is, changes proposed in the 133-year-old mining law now making their way toward a final vote would plunder public ownership of anywhere from 5.7 million to 300 million acres of land and open the door to commercial exploitation in pristine Western-state recreation areas.

Any doubt about motive can be found in the bill's prime sponsor Rep. Richard Pombo, a California Republican and chairman of the House Resources Committee who's obsessed with selling off public lands and gutting the Endangered Species Act. "

[Viva_La_Revolution]

1. Thanks! Play by play on the House floor now...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x5545546

[montana500]

2. play by play on this one?

nm