<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?>
<oembed>
	<version>1.0</version>
	<type>link</type>
	<objectid>238576</objectid>
	<title><![CDATA[Obstructionist Lawmakers Harm Animals and the Economy]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-markarian/obstructionist-lawmakers_b_238576.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>The U.S. House of Representatives this morning <a href="http://www.hsus.org/press_and_publications/press_releases/hsus_applauds_house_vote_to_save_wild_horses_071709.html" target="_blank">passed H.R. 1018</a>, the Restore Our American Mustangs Act, by a <a href="http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2009/roll577.xml" target="_blank">vote of 239-185</a>. This legislation championed by House Natural Resources Committee Chairman <a href="http://www.rahall.house.gov/" target="_blank">Nick Rahall</a> (D-W.Va.) and Representatives <a href="http://grijalva.house.gov/" target="_blank">Ra&Atilde;&ordm;l Grijalva</a> (D-Ariz.) and <a href="http://whitfield.house.gov/" target="_blank">Ed Whitfield</a> (R-Ky.) seeks to put a stop to the commercial slaughter of wild horses, and to encourage more humane and fiscally responsible management of mustangs on the range through fertility...</p>]]></abstract>
	<taxonomy><![CDATA[Politics]]></taxonomy>
	<date_published>2009-08-18T05:12:00-04:00</date_published>
</oembed>
