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Cindy Steinle
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OK, one no vote from Sen Inhofe...but did I hear him right? He is wondering if the bill can be amended to allow us to have the rights to sell the skins of our dead snakes if this bill passes??? That would lessen the economic impact and make this easier on us somehow???? Did I hear that right???

Mark
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>>OK, one no vote from Sen Inhofe...but did I hear him right? He is wondering if the bill can be amended to allow us to have the rights to sell the skins of our dead snakes if this bill passes??? That would lessen the economic impact and make this easier on us somehow???? Did I hear that right???
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Um yeah I was hoping I had a total blonde moment as well. That was the single most distasteful thing I had heard for the day.
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It was pretty hard to misunderstand. It was so unexpected it prety much slaps you in the face when it comes out of his mouth.

Isn't he the guy that is supposed to be building a coalition to fight this thing according to yesterday's USARK broadcast?

I continue to be amazed...how do these people get in these postions??? I know...the uninformed pubic that votes because it's their duty. Whoever came up with the slogan that "voting isn't your right, it's you duty" should have predicated it with "once you're informed enough to cast a reasonable vote...".

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I'm hoping that Senator Inhofe is going to use this skin thing as a ruse to knock down the whole effect of the bill. For instance, he could insist on a clause that would allow people to keep their pets and move their pets when they cross state lines. The supposed purpose of this allowance would be for them to grow the snakes in order to have a bigger skin to harvest someday. No one would actually have to harvest the skin, but the ruse might allow us to keep our pets.

We can talk about people not being educated enough to vote, but how many of our own herpers voted for the Democrats who are pushing this bill. We lost this issue on election day 2008 when the Democrats swept both houses of Congress and the White House.
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It's not how many snakes you have. It's how happy and healthy you can keep them.

Inhofe was the only Senator who voted against the ban. The other 7 Republicans and 1 Independent voted for the ban. So, the Republicans are as much to blame as the Democrats.

I'm sorry, but that's just nonsense. The people who are pushing this bill are Democrats. If the Democrats didn't control Congress, this stuff wouldn't have momentum. I realize many herpers are Democrats, but if they refuse to understand that their support for that party is helping destroy our hobby, they are in denial.
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It's not how many snakes you have. It's how happy and healthy you can keep them.

Today the Senate Committee on the Environment & Public Works (EPW) held a business meeting on S. 373. Committee Chair Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Ranking Member Senator James Inhofe (R-OK) presided. After brief statements the committee held a mark up session on S. 373, to amend title 18, United States Code, to add constrictor snakes of the species Python genera to the Injurious Wildlife list of the Lacey Act. Senator Inhofe expressed concerns about the bill. Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD) offered an amendment to limit the scope of the bill to only the 9 snakes addressed in the USGS report on large constrictors. Senator Cardin further agreed to work with Senator Inhofe to improve the bill prior to a vote on the Senate floor. The amendment was passed by voice vote. S373 was then voted out of Committee by voice vote with Senator Inhofe registering a NO vote.

The Democrat amended the bill from the entire genera of Pythons, all 40 species, to limit the ban to just the 9 snakes. I do not want any banned, especially Boa constrictor, but that is the truth. The Democrat saved your ball pythons.