{"id":465,"date":"2003-04-10T10:00:49","date_gmt":"2003-04-10T15:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/?p=465"},"modified":"2003-04-10T10:00:49","modified_gmt":"2003-04-10T15:00:49","slug":"ranting_and_rav","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2003\/04\/10\/ranting_and_rav.html","title":{"rendered":"Ranting and RAVEing"},"content":{"rendered":"

As previously anticipated<\/a>, Joe Biden has managed to slip the RAVE act<\/a> into the conference committee version of the national AMBER Alert bill.<\/p>\n

No public hearing. No legislative committee hearing. No notice. Back-door politics at its worst.<\/p>\n

Is it too late to hound your senators about it? Give it a shot<\/a>.<\/p>\n

(via InstaPundit<\/a>)<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As previously anticipated, Joe Biden has managed to slip the RAVE act into the conference committee version of the national AMBER Alert bill. No public hearing. 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