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Oklahoma Pushes Legal Limits on Taxpayers' Dime

By Steve Hall

That's the title of an AP report by Sean Murphy via Google News.  LINK  The Oklahoma Legislature is considering a non-homicidal death penalty expansion bill that has been passed by both the House and Senate, but in slightly different forms.With full control of the Oklahoma Legislature for the first time, Republicans have been flexing their political muscles, passing laws they know will face court challenges, including ones making it harder to get abortions and easier to buy guns.With the state more than $1 billion in the red, however, even some among their ranks wonder if they can afford such success."I respect my colleagues' right to put those issues out there, and I generally vote for most of them, if not all of them...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on April 29, 2010 (boomark / email).