Democrats draft bill to expand antiterror efforts

By Bryan Bender

Globe Staff / January 5, 2007

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WASHINGTON -- House Democrats have drawn up sweeping legislation that would authorize billions of additional dollars to screen all cargo bound for the United States, purchase new screening technology for airline passengers, and dramatically expand efforts to secure nuclear materials around the world, according to congressional documents obtained by the Globe. (Full article: 914 words)