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Please: senators lets give these people a chance to get on with their lives,everybody deserves a second chance especially those with a non violent crime,stop their unessesray punishment,and help them re-enter our society.By getting them another vocacional trade.Lets keep the real criminals lock up.
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H.R.1108 Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act
S.2967 A bill to provide for certain Federal employee benefits to be continued for certain employees of the Senate Restaurants after operations of the Senate Restaurants are contracted to be performed by a private business concern, and for other purposes.
This Bill Has Become Law
Jul 17, 2008
H.R.5959 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009
Voted on by House
Jul 17, 2008
H.R.5803 To direct the Election Assistance Commission to establish a program to make grants to participating States and units of local government which will administer the regularly scheduled general election for Federal office held in November 2008 for carrying out a program to make backup paper ballots available in the case of the failure of a voting system or voting equipment in the election or some other emergency situation, and for other purposes.
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Please: senators lets give these people a chance to get on with their lives,everybody deserves a second chance especially those with a non violent crime,stop their unessesray punishment,and help them re-enter our society.By getting them another vocacional trade.Lets keep the real criminals lock up.
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