There is talk of demanding that they replace some of their lobbyists or they won t be welcome in some key offices and of making sure that the next ESA bill considers timber s interests last. A Moment of Silence for the Cattle Industry Despite the victory in blocking ESA legislation, property rights activists took a serious blow when the Quincy Library Bill was quietly added to the Omnibus spending measure, and is now in the clear to be signed into law. Maybe Newt Gingrich will allow Northern California cattle ranchers to graze on his front yard and drink from his swimming pool, because they ll soon have no where else to go. Grazing and water rights are in serious jeopardy under Quincy s provisions. Apparently the negotiating techniques of Republicans is to kill one industry to save another.
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