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Senate Republicans block action on hate crimes bill
Senate Republicans blocked debate on a federal hate crimes measure expanding protections to crimes motivated by sexual orientation and disabilities. Democrats vow to try again. four GOP senators joined to halt, while Hatch Lott Collins Snowe Chafee criticized the process and argued for a version that preserves state prosecutions.
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Senate
Washington
Edward Kennedy
D-Mass
House
James Jeffords
Vermont
GOP
Tom Kaschle
D-S.d
Orrin Hatch
Hatch
Trent Lott
Mississippi
Oregon
Susan Collins
Olympia Snowe
Maine
Lincoln Chafee
Rhode Island
Ralph Neal
Liberal People For the
American Way