09-24-2004, 08:49 PM
Hi Tal,
Thanks for the links. The environmental study was interesting, and I admit my disagreement did not include immigration as part of environmental impact. (Though there's a tacit assumption in there that if we more tightly controlled immigration into this country, then either the potential immigrants wouldn't be making babies where they are now, or (more likely) they wouldn't have the standard of living to cause as much environmental damage, or we simply don't care what happens elsewhere.)
I'd already been to that Senate page, but as far as I can tell it's only for current bills. (And my goodness, some of the bill titles! It's not immediately obvious why 'The Gasoline Price Reduction Act of 2004' is called that, but it sounds good.) I was really wanting something more in the line of past history - like back in the day when the first Clean Air bill in congress was put to a vote.
-- CH
Thanks for the links. The environmental study was interesting, and I admit my disagreement did not include immigration as part of environmental impact. (Though there's a tacit assumption in there that if we more tightly controlled immigration into this country, then either the potential immigrants wouldn't be making babies where they are now, or (more likely) they wouldn't have the standard of living to cause as much environmental damage, or we simply don't care what happens elsewhere.)
I'd already been to that Senate page, but as far as I can tell it's only for current bills. (And my goodness, some of the bill titles! It's not immediately obvious why 'The Gasoline Price Reduction Act of 2004' is called that, but it sounds good.) I was really wanting something more in the line of past history - like back in the day when the first Clean Air bill in congress was put to a vote.
-- CH