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Mar 27, 2007 7:16 am US/Mountain

Senate Passes Bill To Divest Sudan Investments

DENVER (AP) ― The Senate on Monday approved a bill that would require state divestment of companies that do business in the Sudan.

The bill (House Bill 1184) passed on a vote of 33-1. It now goes back to the House for consideration of amendments.

The lone vote against the measure was cast by Sen. Greg Brophy, R-Wray, who called the measure nothing more than a "social litmus test."

Supporters said genocide rages on in the Darfur region of Africa's largest country, Sudan, where critics say the government has attempted to eliminate its non-Arab population. To date, over 200,000 have been killed and over 2 million have been displaced.

"Lets do the right thing. Lets wash the blood off our hands. Lets take our money out," said Sen. Peter Groff, D-Denver.

If approved, Colorado would become the eighth state to divest from Sudan. Eighteen other states are currently considering similar measures.

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