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Posted by Connie CROSSPOST EVERYWHERE!
on 9/19/2005, 2:23 am, in reply to "Senate to vote to ban slaughter this MONDAY"
Hi Toni, I think this is the one to keep our tax money from supporting slaughter, not the horse slaughter ban. But if this passes, the ban will be easier to get passed.
>
> VOTE YES ON ENSIGN/BYRD AMENDMENT!!!!
>
> The vote last week was postponed till this week. Our
> ammendment to the 2006 Agriculture Appropriations Bill
> is supposed to be voted on Monday evening.
>
> Please call and fax tonight and all tommorow!!!!
> Start leaving messages on answering machines right
> now!
>
> PLEASE WORK ON DURBIN!
>
> This amendment introduced by Senators John Ensign
> (R-NV) and Robert Byrd (D-WV) would "prohibit federal
> tax money from being used to slaughter horses,
> shutting down the three horse slaughterhouses
> remaining in the US ( 1 in IL and 2 in TX) for fiscal
> year 2006 and paving the way for the passage of H.R.
> 503, which will completely ban the slaughter of horses
> in the United States and their exportation for
> the purpose of slaughter."
>
>
> *When calling your own senators, be sure to stress
> that you're a constituent and leave your address.
>
> *If your from IL, express your disgust at our horse
> slaughterhouse "Cavel" in Dekalb
>
> *If your from TX, express your disgust at "Dallas
> Crown" and "Beltex."
>
>
> We are so close! We have won in the House! Lets do it
> again in the Senate!
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