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To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (502845)12/3/2003 11:59:45 AM
From: JakeStraw  Respond to of 769667
 
Careful Kenneth your desperation is showing! LOL!



To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (502845)12/3/2003 12:28:46 PM
From: Gordon A. Langston  Respond to of 769667
 
I believe the 2/3 margin made the President's signature moot.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Chairman Richard W. Pombo (R-Calif.) and the House Committee on Resources are pleased to announce the final House passage of H.R. 1904, the Healthy Forests Restoration Act (HFRA). The measure was overwhelmingly approved by a vote of 286-140. The Senate is also expected to pass the legislation today, paving the way for President Bush to sign the bill into law.

Since 1997, the Resources Committee has passed the Healthy Forests Restoration Act twice, held 73 official legislative meetings on the issue, and 32,811,288 acres have burned.

"The overwhelming bi-partisan support for this legislation in both the House and Senate makes the need for and quality of this legislation irrefutable,