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    • The flag-burning vote: Republicans exploit, Democrats enable

      Posted by Billbar from Salon

      But Democrats in the Senate have rights, too, and among them is the right -- in a time of war, we'd call it a responsibility -- to walk out of the chamber in protest when the other party decides to spend its time playing cheap political games. You want to talk about honoring the sacrifice of veterans, Sen. Feinstein? Why don't you start by doing your job?

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      Senate Rejects Flag Desecration Amendment

      Posted by Billbar from ABC News

      The 66-34 tally in favor of the amendment was one less than the two-thirds required. The House surpassed that threshold last year, 286-130. The proposed amendment, sponsored by Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, read: "The Congress shall have power to prohibit the physical desecration of the flag of the United States."

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      In the Senate, Covering Themselves in Old Glory

      Posted by Billbar from Washington Post

      The Citizens Flag Alliance, a group pushing for the Senate this week to pass a flag-burning amendment to the Constitution, just reported an alarming, 33 percent increase in the number of flag-desecration incidents this year. The number has increased to four, from three.

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    Jeff comments on:

    Senate Rejects Flag Desecration Amendment

    The Senate keeps barely rejecting these stupid bills. 2006 - save us.

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    11:29 pm 6/27/06
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