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2007 Senate Bill 860 (Impose groundwater use restrictions and permitting mandates ) (Senate Roll Call 318)
Amendment offered by Sen. Michael Prusi (D) on May 15, 2008, to prohibit a regulated water withdrawal which may reduce certain measures of fish populations in a coldwater stream by 1 percent, rather than 3 percent as proposed by the bill. The amendment failed in the Senate (19 to 19) on May 15, 2008. [History, Amendments & Comments]
The vote was 19 in favor, 19 opposed, and 0 not voting
(Senate Roll Call 318 at Senate Journal 48)
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1) Anonymous Citizen [by Anonymous Citizen on October 25, 2008]This is socialism. No doubt about that. If the state can confiscate our rights to the water under our land, it seems it's just one more step to confiscate the land from under our feet.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Barack Obama today released the following statement after the state of Michigan became the latest Great Lakes state to sign the Great Lakes Compact. The Compact is an agreement between the eight lake-bordering states to protect the Great Lakes from water diversions and exports. The Compact must now be approved by Congress.
"The Great Lakes are an international treasure and supply drinking water to almost 30 million people in our country. The Great Lakes Compact is an historic agreement to protect our Great Lakes from water diversions and exports. It is, perhaps, the most significant legal action to protect the Lakes in the last 100 years since the Boundary Waters Treaty between the U.S. and Canada. This Compact on managing Great Lakes water is essential for the environmental and economic health of the region.
"All eight Great Lakes states have approved the Compact and now it's time for the Congress and the President to take action. The Compact should be quickly ratified. I will be an original co-sponsor of this legislation with Senator Carl Levin and Senator George Voinovich and will work across the aisle to pass this important bill. I am committed to working to fully implement this Compact to protect America's truly Great Lakes."
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It can be aimed at any of us at any time! Two million gallons is far differrent than a home or farm well. So, why did the socialist queen put it in there? She put it in so they can have control over private property. If this amendment had passed, it would amount to a "taking" and I guarantee they'd start using it against you-no other reason to put it in! Read the entire bill-and the amendment I was taking about.
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