Amendment would enact new thought crimes
Jim Brown
OneNewsNow.com
The White House is reaffirming its plan to veto legislation that would federalize the prosecution of so-called “hate crimes.”
Last week, the Senate voted to attach “hate crime” legislation to the Defense Authorization bill. The amendment, sponsored by http://www.wvwnews.net/story.php?id=1825 Ted Kennedy (D-Massachusetts), would expand hate crime law to include crimes motivated by gender, sexual orientation, or disability of victims. White House spokesman Tim Goeglein says it is “the height of irresponsibility” for senators to tie the hate crimes legislation to an important Pentagon spending bill.
“The president has said overwhelmingly that these are two separate issues — that they should not be combined; and the president has reiterated his commitment to vetoing the hate crimes provision,” says Goeglein. “So until it comes to the president either in two bills or in one bill, we will hold off getting a straight statement of administration policy. But we fully intend to see the Congress make a decision on this sometime in the next week to a week in a half.”http://www.onenewsnow.com/2007/10/president_bush_poised_to_make.php
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