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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices

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To: combjelly who wrote (301750)9/1/2006 4:44:35 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (2) of 1572145
 
And Byrd. So its seems like a big pork supporter from each party.

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BYRD ADMITS HE PLACED A HOLD, NOW LIFTS IT

By Rebecca Carr | Thursday, August 31, 2006, 03:39 PM

West Virginia Democratic Sen. Robert Byrd admits that he placed a “secret hold” on legislation that would make uncovering the Byzantine world of federal contracting as easy as typing a Google search.

Tom Gavin, spokesperson for Byrd, confirmed to Cox Newspapers that the senator placed the hold on legislation introduced by Sens. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., and Barack Obama, D-Ill., before voting on the measure.

Byrd joins Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, for holding up the bill right before Congress left town on August 4...

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