Just when you thought Congress couldn't get any more stupidest....here come competing versions of Joe Biden's RAVE act. By the way, that's RAVE: "Reducing Americans' Vulnerability to Ecstasy". Ouch. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,58663,00.html Now Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., has introduced a bill (the "Reducing Americans' Vulnerability to Ecstasy Act of 2002," cutely called "the RAVE Act"), also sponsored by Sens. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., and Richard Durbin, D-Ill. The bill would essentially write into the crackhouse statute the same approach already rejected by the district court in New Orleans. According to The Washington Post: When he introduced the bill in June, Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., said "most raves are havens for illicit drugs," and congressional findings submitted with the bill label as drug paraphernalia such rave mainstays as bottled water, "chill rooms" and glow sticks. My three-year-old nephew is fond of bottled water and glow sticks, and usually needs a "chill room." Presumably Biden regards him as a dangerous criminal. http://www.talkleft.com/archives/001135.html#001135 Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX) has introduced a House version of the RAVE Act (HR 5519). The House Subcommittee on Crime will be considering the bill on Thursday (the 10th). If it passes out of Committee as is, the RAVE Act could become law THIS YEAR, which means federal prosecutors will have the power they need to shut down raves, hemp festivals, hip hop concerts, and other events they don't like.