An earlier version of the whistleblower protection bill passed the U.S. Senate unanimously before being amended in the House.
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- Which Senator Secretly Sabotaged the Popular Whistleblower ... (propublica.org)
- https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/senate-bill/372/all-info (congress.gov)
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