Yesterday the U.S. House of Representatives was ready to vote on the final House/Senate compromise version of the intelligence reform bill. This version of the bill had the support of the Republican leadership, including House Speaker Hastert, Vice President Cheney, and President Bush, with the White House making phone calls to congressmen to secure their support. This is the reform that the 9/11 Commission has been pushing for much of the past year. Furthermore, the leadership knew it could count on a yes vote from a majority of the House.
Naturally, Hastert put the bill up for a vote so that it could be sent to the President for his signature, right? Of course not. The problem was that the bill would have passed with only a minority of Republicans supporting it, but a majority of the Democrats, and that would look bad for the GOP. So much for principle.
Incidentally, the article again shows it's often worth reading the last paragraph.
Posted by cradle at November 21, 2004 01:47 PMTeeming handfulls want to know: Is it time for David to update his bjournal yet?
Posted by: Andrew at November 25, 2004 11:11 PMIt is time. He should totally do that. I was waiting to see if anybody would comment on this post. Now that you have, the bjournal can continue.
Posted by: David at November 28, 2004 12:50 AMI got my $40 million. Didn't everybody?
Posted by: econonuthypocrite at December 2, 2004 09:45 PM