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To: Sully- who wrote (55788)	3/12/2007 4:59:43 PM
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Iraq War Bill Text Reveals Related Provisions Satire from ScrappleFace By Scott Ott on Global News (2007-03-12) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-CA, today warned President George Bush not to veto the Democrat-sponsored Iraq war redeployment bill, and for the first time she released the full text of the measure revealing some previously unmentioned initiatives. Although some Congressional Republicans complained that Democrats stuffed the bill with unrelated provisions, Rep. Pelosi insisted that “all of its diverse parts share a common thread.” In addition to the plan to pull out U.S. troops if the Iraqi government fails to meet certain benchmarks for quelling sectarian violence on a prescribed timeline, the bill also contains language that would… –Withdraw police from high-crime neighborhoods in major U.S. cities until street gangs put an end to shootings, stabbings and other criminal acts. The bill would allow police to remain in the neighborhood only if they were no longer needed. – Change the law to require victims of violent crime to stand up to their attackers before the police will intervene to protect them. – Require police to notify suspects in writing at least 10 days in advance of any planned stakeouts, crackdowns or drug busts. – Eliminate unfair practices in the National Football League by requiring the coach of the favored to team to give the coach of the underdog team a copy of his playbook at least a week before the game. The measure would also require the quarterback of the favored team to announce the next play giving the opposition adequate time to reset its defense. – Provide money for completion of a highway project to extend a spur of Interstate 94 northwest of Ann Arbor. The funding is intended to complete the paving of the road to Hell, a small town in Michigan. scrappleface.com