Battling Bedbugs
Posted by Jim Harper
Back when this blog was just in diapers, we got a lot of attention for calling out a proposal for a new federal law on bedbugs. “No issue is too small for your Congress to handle,” I wrote. The public reacted.
Well, the bill didn’t pass, but the feds are on the bedbug case all the [...]
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The Bed Bug Brouhaha
Posted by Jim Harper
To my pleasant surprise, an earlier post on the Don’t Let the Bed Bugs Bite Act brought a lot of response across the blogosphere. You can see some trackbacks on the post. And along with skepticism about the bill, several commenters spoke up to defend it. Who would have know that it [...]
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Congress to Ban Bedbugs from Biting
Posted by Jim Harper
Here’s one I just never imagined the federal government might take responsibility for: bedbugs.
That’s right. No issue is too small for your Congress to handle. But seriously, judging from the comments so far on H.R. 6068, the Don’t Let the Bed Bugs Bite Act of 2008, people think bedbugs are a problem that [...]
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