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		soldarnal on Nov 18, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ron Paul: Airport Scanners: Enough is Enough I was under the impression that last June (2009) the House voted 310-118 to add an amendment (the Chaffetz amendment) to a bill to ban the scanners as a primary means of screening, but that the Senate never voted on the bill. It seems to me that such a bill would have popular support - supposedly it was backed by both the ACLU and the NRA - but maybe I am understanding the politics wrong.

camiller on Nov 18, 2010 [–]

The amendment may have enjoyed popular support, but did the bill? What bill was it attached to?

soldarnal on Nov 18, 2010 | [–]

The bill is HR 2200. It passed the House on 6/4/09 by a vote of 397-25. http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:HR02200:@@@R

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