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  • 108th Congress Comes to a Close

    12/09/2004 6:39:40 AM PST · by Tumbleweed_Connection · 2 replies · 116+ views
    AP ^ | Dec 9, 2004
    The 108th Congress passed into history Wednesday after dealing with one last piece of business, freeing up money for a program that links schools and libraries to the Internet. The 109th Congress convenes on Jan. 4.
  • Congress bans lighters from airliners

    12/08/2004 2:40:01 PM PST · by Tumbleweed_Connection · 181 replies · 2,762+ views
    Seattle PI ^ | Dec 8, 2004 | Leslie Miller
    Passengers already are barred from smoking on commercial flights. Now they won't be allowed to bring their butane lighters on board either. As part of the intelligence reform bill passed Wednesday, Congress added the lighters to the long list of banned items, including scissors, pen knives and box cutters. Democratic Sens. Ron Wyden of Oregon and Byron Dorgan of North Dakota had pushed for the change for more than a year after learning the Transportation Security Administration allowed them on planes. "When I found out that they had explicitly, in their rule, said you could take two butane lighters and...