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Politics

Don't Let the Bed Bugs Bite Act of 2008

Radley Balko | 7.7.2008 3:57 PM

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Now under consideration in Congress:  a bill appropriating $50 million per year through 2012 to fight . . . bed bugs.

And yes, that's the actual name of the bill.

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Radley Balko is a journalist at The Washington Post.

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