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Nate Wagner/DN Hemp dothing and organically made materials fill the racks and shelves at Solstice on 126 N.13th St. Hemp dothing ismore durable than cotton, its supporters say. Supporters say bill could make hemp a new state cash crop HEMP from page 1 each plant, including one growing in Omaha. “Industrial hemp grows about 15-feet high and looks like a sorry-looking Christmas tree. It's not marijuana” Pride Omaha’s Executive Director Susie Dugan said the industrial hemp issue is a cruel hoax to farmers. Pride Omaha is an anti-drug organization. “Hemp is not a profitable crop,” she said. “All die hemp imported into the U.S. last year could’ve been produced on 20,000 acres.” In 1998, Canada passed a similar bill on industri al hemp, Dugan said, and it is highly subsidized by die government “Marijuana is not a distant cousin of hemp,” Dugaij said. “It’s the same thing.” 7s it worth the risk? Are we going to fight drugs or promote them?M Susie Dugan executive director, Pride Omaha This bill sends the wrong message to kids, Dugan said. It tells them marijuana is no big deal, she said. “Is it worth the risk? Are we going to fight drugs or promote them?” Dugan said as hemp proponents in the crowd gritted their teeth. But Schrock said he doesn’t advocate the use of marijuana and doesn't want to send the wrong mes sage to children. “Even if the bill is passed, we can’t grow industri al hemp without the supervision of the Drug Enforcement Agency,” Schrock said. Motion could gag filibusters FETAL from page 1 discussion on the bill But, he said, he does want to stop other senators from entan gling the bill in a mess of bogus amendments. "I filed this to avoid anyone filing a series of obstructive or blocking amendments,” Brashear said. Opposing senators use the extra amendments to filibuster the bill by discussing each amendment for hours, he said. After hours of listening to senators discuss unrelated mate rial, the Legislature generally abandons the bill so it can move forward, he said. Some have charged Brashear’s bill is targeted directly at Sen. Ernie Chambers of Omaha, who often uses the fili buster to kill a bill he opposes. Chambers could not be reached for comment.Last ses sion, Brashear said pro-research senators filed four amendments to a similar bill aimed at killing it before it had even escaped its committee. Following the slew of amend ments was a promise from Chambers to filibuster. In the face of Chambers’ threat, the bill’s proponents eventually abandoned it Pedersen said he was sure his bill to ban fetal tissue research would be the topic of several dis cussions even with Brashear’s motion. “There will be plenty of debate on this bill," he said. More importantly, he said the motion may give his bill a longer life because of the difference in the number of votes required to move a bill and the number of votes required to suspend rules. Generally, the Legislature ■allots a bill eight hours of discus sion in the first round of debates. After that time expires, a senator may motion for cloture or an end of discussion. The cloture motion needs 33 votes of the 49 in the body to pass. If cloture is not reached, the Legislature can wrangle over the bill indefinitely or abandon it. On the other hand, a motion to suspend rules only requires 30 votes to pass. Therefore, Pedersen said the motion allows the bill to move forward with fewer votes, and it simultaneously dodges the threat of a filibuster. Despite the motion’s poten tial benefits for his bill, Pedersen said he didn't have a hand in it “It's entirely up to him (Brashear),” he said. And, Pedersen said, he wasn’t even sure if the motion for silence would be a good thing for LB462. Pedersen said discussion is an integral part of the legislative process and it can’t be taken lightly. Sen. Chris Beutler of Lincoln, who introduced a bill,geared toward reconciling both sides of the debate, agreed with Pedersen. “This motion is not a good sign,” he said. If Brashear’s motion manages to pass, it would foil Beutler’s work toward a compromise. Beutler insisted people need to discuss contentious issues if they want to reach resolutions. Fortunately, he said, senators will find time to tackle the issue. He said the bill would be dis cussed at least once during the three rounds of debate. “The bill will receive all the 7 filed this to avoid anyone filing a series of obstructive or *blocking amendments." Kermit Brasher Omaha senator discussion anyone wants it to have,” he said. Brashear said the ensuing discussions will be more valuable because they won’t be tattooed with blocking amendments. “We will talk about the bill as the bill,” he said. i . • $16.00 $10.00 . Fees group aims to slash DN budget CFAfrom pagel Daily Nebraskan General Manager Dan Shattil, who did not propose any increase over last year’s funding of $50,863, argued that student fees cover printing costs, and that last year’s profit was a “one time thing” “We didn’t ask for an increase in funds because we are commit ted to minimizing our student fees,” Shattil said. Shattil suggested Lore had a personal vendetta against the Daily Nebraskan. “There is a hidden agenda going on here,” Shattil said. "(Lore) was going to do whatever he can to cut our budget” Shattil added that if student fee funding were cut so drastically, the Daily Nebraskan would "spend next year in the hole.” The motion was defeated 6-3. Another motion, which allotted $40,000 in student fees to the Daily Nebraskan, was also defeat ed 6-3. Shattil argued further that because the Daily Nebraskan is not funded by the College of Journalism and Mass Communications and is offered free to students, part of the stu dent fees should be allotted for its printing costs. Eventually, the Daily Nebraskan was rewarded the orig inal amount of student fees requested, $50,863, with a vote of 6-2 and one member abstaining. CFA approved an increase of about $28,000 in student fees funding for the Association of Students of the University of Nebraska, with specific increases for growing programs such as the NU On Wheels safe ride home program and efforts toward better communication with the student body. ASUN President Joel Schafer was happy about the increase in funding. “I'm really optimistic we’ll see the budget as we got it," Schafer said. "Right now, we’re hamstrung by our budget” Schafer said while it is a major goal of ASUN to better communi cate with students, certain pro grams, such as NU On Wheels, have achieved sufficient success to warrant a decrease in promo tional spending. “We’ve trimmed a lot of fat here with public relations aspects,” Schafer said. “(NU On Wheels) itself is getting fairly well known on campus.” CFA also approved an increase of 9.3 percent in funding for the Lied Center, bringing the total funding for 2001-2002 to $82,000. Student fees supplement Lied tickets, which are offered to stu dents at a discount Election bills advance out of general file Legislators continued the task of revamping Nebraska’s election processes as they advanced two more election bills out of the general file on Tuesday. One bill, introduced by Sen. DiAnna Schimek of Lincoln, would provide write in lines for president and vice president. It raised some debate about the possibility of Mickey Mouse or Daffy Duck write-ins. Speaker Doug Kristensen of Minden said the write-in option on the ballot might leave tedious work for elec tion commissioners. But, Schimek said, the write-in candidate must be an officially recognized candi date to be counted. Otherwise the vote would be disregarded, she said. The other election bill, introduced by Kristensen, would create a task force to study the election process. Both bills advanced out of the general file and are just the start of a pile of election bills introduced this session because of last year’s tight presidential election. 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