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my brilliant congresswoman

By Lessig

So it has been a fantastic week watching my new member of Congress, Jackie Speier, do her work. The first was her strong opposition to local moth spraying. "[T]he USDA has the wrong approach," said Speier. "It's spray and ask questions later, and we can't allow them to do that." Exactly right. Then she voted against the FISA compromise. (You know my view about that.) And now she's joined with a GOP-hero of mine, Jeff Flake (R-AZ), to fight earmarks. Speier: "The biggest surprise since I?ve been here have been earmarks,? Speier said. ?I didn?t realize how insidious it was and how deep it ran and how accepting so many people are of it.? Bravo, Congresswoman.

Full post as published by Lessig Blog on June 25, 2008 (boomark / email).