Sunday, November 21, 2004

republicans kill intelligence bill

this is scary

House Republican leaders blocked and appeared to kill a bill Saturday that would have enacted the major recommendations of the Sept. 11 commission, refusing to allow a vote on the legislation despite last-minute pleas from both President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney to Republican lawmakers for a compromise before Congress adjourned for the year.

The decision to block a vote on the landmark bill, which would have created the job of a cabinet-level national intelligence director to oversee the C.I.A. and the government's other spy agencies, came after what lawmakers from both parties described as a near-rebellion by a core of highly conservative House Republicans aligned with the Pentagon who were emboldened to stand up to their leadership and to the White House.

rebellion?

i feel queasy.

2 Comments:

Blogger darth said...

did you read about that bullshit someone tried to sneak into the omnibus bill? http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/11/21/tax.provision/index.html

unbelievable...no, wait...completely, sadly believable in today's government.

8:44 PM  
Blogger lia said...

christ.

you know, sometimes you just have to laugh...

12:54 AM  

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