Summary
In the few weeks left of the 109th Congress, the lame-duck Senate should pass Sen. James Inhofe's eminent-domain bill. A broad coalition of liberals and conservatives passed the House companion bill a full year ago by an overwhelming 376-38 margin, but the Senate bill has been stuck in Sen. Arlen Specter's Judiciary Committee ever since. It's time to move.
This bill withholds federal economic-development money for two years from states and municipalities which seize unblighted private property, as occurred in the Kelo vs. New London case, for developers to build condos, shopping malls or other projects outside traditional eminent-domain bounds (highways and rails, for instance). This sends the right message: If you take grandma's house to build a tonier neighborhood in service of boosting city coffers as New London did the American taxpayer does not approve. We will not finance your actions.See the full content of this document
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Pass the Eminent Domain Bill
The federal government is not obligated to subsidize property takings, which th...
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