X-Post Kucinich Wows Cleveland, Announces Bill 4 Paper Ballots PREZ elect

[Land Shark]

Hot GD Post right now by autorank, also check out conference thread in Election forum for live blogging

Kucinich and HR 6200 (new bill, 20 sponsors already, introduced 9/27/06)

<http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x2269919>

[Land Shark]

1. here are 19 cosponsors and basic bill info, text not on Thomas yet

Cong. Kucinich wows Cleveland We Count conference with fantastic speech, introduces bill for Hand counted paper ballots with precinct posted results in presidential race, H.R. 6200. (basic info below). From speech, text of bill sounds ideal. Text of bill not available for a day or two.

HR 6200

Title: To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require States to conduct Presidential elections using paper ballots and to count those ballots by hand, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Kucinich, Dennis J. (introduced 9/27/2006) Cosponsors (19)
Latest Major Action: 9/27/2006 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

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COSPONSORS(19), ALPHABETICAL : (Sort: by date)
Rep Brown, Corrine - 9/27/2006 Rep Clay, Wm. Lacy - 9/27/2006
Rep Conyers, John, Jr. - 9/27/2006 Rep Filner, Bob - 9/27/2006
Rep Grijalva, Raul M. - 9/27/2006 Rep Gutierrez, Luis V. - 9/27/2006
Rep Hastings, Alcee L. - 9/27/2006 Rep Hinchey, Maurice D. - 9/27/2006
Rep Jackson, Jesse L., Jr. - 9/27/2006 Rep Jackson-Lee, Sheila - 9/27/2006
Rep Johnson, Eddie Bernice - 9/27/2006 Rep Kaptur, Marcy - 9/27/2006
Rep Lee, Barbara - 9/27/2006 Rep Maloney, Carolyn B. - 9/27/2006
Rep McDermott, Jim - 9/27/2006 Rep McKinney, Cynthia A. - 9/27/2006
Rep Solis, Hilda L. - 9/27/2006 Rep Waters, Maxine - 9/27/2006
Rep Woolsey, Lynn C. - 9/27/2006

[nealmhughes]

2. The "usual suspects"! as co-sponsors, I see! Bravo to all.

I love you, DK.

[Wilms]

3. Thanks, LS. I was about to ask you if you had this info.

I tried to google and came up empty-handed.

Looking forward to the text, but this is really important news.

It, too, suggests to me that Conyers will modify his bill for the next session.

Let Holt take notice.

[kpete]

4. Lots of good energy

and exciting results happening in Cleveland

[Land Shark]

6. Yes, lots of good energy here

[mom cat]

5. That is the way to go!

[kster]

7. I can't find a direct link to Kucinich saying this? HELP ME, please.nt

[Wilms]

8. .

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/D?d109:25:./temp/~bd2v88::|/bss/d109query.html|

[kster]

9. I get, "Temporary file not found. Display failed." nt

[rumpel]

10. that site:

I always have to go back to the original query -

while I am reading and going back and forth, it does that, too.

[Wilms]

11. Yeah, the link won't post on DU.

http://thomas.loc.gov

Search Kucinch off this site. You'll find it, though the "text" is not up yet.

25. H.R.6200 : To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require States to conduct Presidential elections using paper ballots and to count those ballots by hand, and for other purposes.

Sponsor: Rep Kucinich, Dennis J. (introduced 9/27/2006)

Cosponsors (19)

Committees: House Administration; House Government Reform

Latest Major Action: 9/27/2006 Referred to House committee.

Status: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

[kster]

17. Usually people can give me a direct link to a story

I would never tell a story, and then tell people to go search for the story. Are we doing things different now?

[rumpel]

12. try this:

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/R?d109:FLD010:+@eq+20060927

scroll down to HR 6200

[rumpel]

13. damn! what's the clown doing there...

[kster]

18. Oh, I GOT YOUR CLOWN... nt

[rumpel]

14. ok here

http://senate.gov/pagelayout/legislative/g_three_sections_with_teasers/floor_actions_3back.htm

set the date to 9/27 and then introduced bills

[kster]

16. You can be more direct than that

COME ON!! I just want to read the Godamn thing, and I would like to go right to the story, Can you get me there?

[rumpel]

15. for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker

18. H.R.6200 : To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require States to conduct Presidential elections using paper ballots and to count those ballots by hand, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Kucinich, Dennis J. (introduced 9/27/2006) Cosponsors (19)
Committees: House Administration; House Government Reform
Latest Major Action: 9/27/2006 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Hastert....ugh

[kster]

19. I believe you, I just want to see the story.........nt

[In Truth We Trust]

20. Hand Counted Paper Ballots NOW! ...or Fascism Forever.

Go DK GO! You rock Dennis!