Between Arlen Specter, swine flu, and runaway trucks, it's hard to remember those quaint issues of yesterday like Iran trying to get a nuclear weapon. Nonetheless, they still are - and a few people are still trying to stop them. The Bayh-Lieberman-Kyl legislation was introduced today with a quarter of the Senate onboard as original cosponsors, and the rest coming up fast. News on the legislation, which would impose new sanctions to exploit Iran's dependence on imported gasoline and other refined petroleum products, here and here. Cosponsors include: Senators Evan Bayh (D-IN), Joe Lieberman (ID-CT), Jon Kyl (R-AZ), Kit Bond (R-MO), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Sam Brownback (R-KS), Richard Burr (R-NC), Ben Cardin (D-MD), Tom Coburn (R-OK), Susan Collins (R-ME), Russ Feingold (D-WI), Lindsay Graham (R-SC), James Inhofe (R-OK), Mike Johanns (R-NE), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), Patty Murray (D-WA), James Risch (R-ID), Charles Schumer (D-NY), Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), John Thune (R-SD), David Vitter (R-LA) and Ron Wyden (D-OR). And Senators Ensign, Bunning, and McCain signed up this afternoon…
Michael Goldfarb
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Between Arlen Specter, swine flu, and runaway trucks, it's hard to remember those quaint issues of yesterday like Iran trying to get a nuclear weapon. Nonetheless, they still are - and a few people are still trying to stop them. The Bayh-Lieberman-Kyl legislation was introduced today with a quarter…
Michael Goldfarb · April 28, 2009
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