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Humane Society of the United States <humanesociety@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2006 16:06:03 GMT
> From: "Humane Society of the United States" <humanesociety@xxxxxxxx>
> To: "candace matwijiw" <geckogal85@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: UPDATE: AETA passes, animal fighting still stalled
>
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> The Humane Society of the United States
> UPDATE: CONGRESS PASSES ANIMAL ENTERPRISE TERRORISM ACT BUT
> ANIMAL FIGHTING BILL STILL STALLED
>
>
>
> Yesterday, we alerted you that the Animal Enterprise Terrorism
> Act (AETA) was coming to the floor of the U.S. House of
> Representatives during the "lame duck" session. We wanted to
> pass on to you the unfortunate news that the House passed the
> AETA by voice vote under suspension of the rules, a procedure
> usually reserved for non-controversial
>  legislation. When the
> bill came up for consideration, only a handful of House members
> were even back in town, and very few were on the floor of the
> House when discussion ensued.
>
> The Humane Society of the United States has no tolerance for
> individuals and groups who resort to intimidation, harassment,
> vandalism, or violence supposedly in the name of animal
> advocacy, and we have spoken out repeatedly against violence in
> any form. The AETA, however, goes too far and may threaten
> legitimate activities -- such as boycotts, investigations, and
> whistle-blowing -- of law-abiding groups and individuals, and
> that's why we opposed the bill.
>
> The bill was rushed through without a serious look at its flaws
> due to the stubbornness of Judiciary Committee chairman Jim
> Sensenbrenner. Sensenbrenner has a series of mainstream,
> pro-animal welfare bills before his committee and he refuses to
> advance any of them --
>  including bills to ban canned hunts, to
> stop Internet hunting, and to upgrade penalties for illegal
> dogfighting and cockfighting. The Animal Fighting Prohibition
> Enforcement Act (H.R. 817) has been cosponsored by
> three-quarters of the entire House (324 cosponsors), while AETA
> had just a fraction of that support. Sensenbrenner and other
> Republican House leaders have no excuse for their failure to
> allow a fair vote on the animal fighting bill this year, and
> their misplaced priorities reflect a disregard for animal
> welfare concerns.
>
> Please call House Majority Leader John Boehner today at
> 202-225-6205. Tell him that the House needs to pass a modest,
> popular, animal welfare bill, and that he needs to bring the
> Animal Fighting Prohibition Enforcement Act to the House floor
> immediately. The Senate unanimously passed the animal fighting
> bill 19 months ago, so it can be signed into law if the House
> votes on it now. After you make
>  your call, click here to send a follow up email
> to Majority Leader Boehner:
> https://community.hsus.org/campaign/endanimalfighting_hulk_2/diu67i42tn385b?
>
> Thank you so much for your continued support and action on
> behalf of animals. 
>
> Sincerely,
> Wayne Pacelle
> President & CEO, The Humane Society of the United States
>
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