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Souder
Zinged
in
Roll
Call
Piece,
Accused
of
Ducking
Debate
With
HEA
Drug
Provision
Foes
1/18/02
Congressman Mark Souder (R-IN) found yet
another reason to regret sponsoring the increasingly controversial anti-drug
provision of the Higher Education Act (HEA) this week, when Roll Call,
the read-in-all-the-right-places trade daily for congressional affairs
zapped him in a brief piece on Thursday. Running under the headline
"Souder Taken to School?", the piece described the Fort Wayne drug warrior
as "ducking a debate" with Students for Sensible Drug Policy (http://www.ssdp.org)
national director Shawn Heller, whom it describes as "calling the lawmaker
out" on whether the anti-drug provision should be repealed.
"I'll debate Mark Souder anywhere, anytime
to set the record straight," Heller told Roll Call. Heller had decried
a Souder comment about "whiny college reporters" made last year, in a statement
distributed to the media by SSDP this week.
Sensing an opportunity to insert foot in
mouth once again, Souder staff rejected Heller's challenge, but then went
on to attack SSDP. "He's not going to debate them," Souder spokesman
Seth Becker told Roll Call. "This is a fringe group. This is
a group that is encouraging [drug use] that kills American men, women and
children, and the Congressman will not debate them."
Rep. Souder's colleagues read Roll Call.
They see what an angry, organized, and energetic opposition he has generated.
They see him demeaned by their paper of record. And they see him
once again making himself look the fool. They will remember, and
Souder will remember.
Read about previous Souder madness in our
archives:
http://www.drcnet.org/wol/213.html#thesouderfiles
http://www.drcnet.org/wol/212.html#moralbase
http://www.drcnet.org/wol/179.html#theinquisition
http://www.drcnet.org/wol/145.html#soursouder
http://www.drcnet.org/wol/081.html#heareform
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Issue #220, 1/18/02
Editorial: Poisonous Fruits | Canadian Hemp Company Files NAFTA Action Against US DEA | HEA Drug Provision Repeal Moves Forward on Second Front | Souder Zinged in Roll Call Piece, Accused of Ducking Debate With HEA Drug Provision Foes | DRCNet Interview: Colorado Sheriff Bill Masters | Andean Update: On Again Off Again Peace Talks in Colombia on Again, Bolivian Army Kills Two in Coca Market Raid | California Senate Kills Ecstasy Bill, Assembly Bill Loses Mandatory Minimum Provision | New Jersey Racial Profiling Case Reaches Conclusion, Police Officials, Politicians Left Untouched | Jailed Swiss Cannabis Activist in Ninth Week of Hunger Strike | Not So Fast on Reform Legislation in Brazil | National Guard Drug War Budgets Cut This Year, Congressional Hawks Plead for More | Job Listings: Bay Area Needle Exchange Research, DC Libertarian Party | Alerts: HEA Drug Provision, Bolivia, DEA Hemp Ban, Ecstasy, Mandatory Minimums, Medical Marijuana | The Reformer's Calendar
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