Congress and Language
Today’s entry is regarding the HR 3687 bill, which is currently referred to the subcommittee on the Constitution. Yes, this is what our Congress is doing.
To amend section 1464 of title 18, United States Code, to provide for the punishment of certain profane broadcasts, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 1464 of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by inserting `(a)' before `Whoever'; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
`(b) As used in this section, the term `profane', used with respect to language, includes the words `shot' (NRA lobbyist prefer the purer term ‘wounded’), `puss' (PETA, saying that felines have been maligned for long enough. The outrage must stop), `funk', (after it was determined that the musical group Lips, Inc., was actually John Kerry’s first band) `cant' (all things are possible within the Congress, therefore the verb shall be stricken), `passhole' (as in, that Medicare bill is a passhole of shot) and the phrases `Cheney sucker' (when referring to the Supremes), `mother funked' (when speaking of a certain rock star widow, whose name will not be spoken), and `post hole' (as in ‘that posthole, Richard Clarke’), compound use (including hyphenated compounds) of such words and phrases with each other or with other words or phrases, and other grammatical forms of such words and phrases (including verb, adjective, gerund, participle, and infinitive forms).'.
H.R. 3687
A BILL
To amend section 1464 of title 18, United States Code, to provide for the punishment of certain profane broadcasts, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 1464 of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by inserting `(a)' before `Whoever'; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
`(b) As used in this section, the term `profane', used with respect to language, includes the words `shot' (NRA lobbyist prefer the purer term ‘wounded’), `puss' (PETA, saying that felines have been maligned for long enough. The outrage must stop), `funk', (after it was determined that the musical group Lips, Inc., was actually John Kerry’s first band) `cant' (all things are possible within the Congress, therefore the verb shall be stricken), `passhole' (as in, that Medicare bill is a passhole of shot) and the phrases `Cheney sucker' (when referring to the Supremes), `mother funked' (when speaking of a certain rock star widow, whose name will not be spoken), and `post hole' (as in ‘that posthole, Richard Clarke’), compound use (including hyphenated compounds) of such words and phrases with each other or with other words or phrases, and other grammatical forms of such words and phrases (including verb, adjective, gerund, participle, and infinitive forms).'.
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