(Repub. Senator Lincoln)Chafee Does Not Rule Out Presidential Censure Vote

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Report: Chafee Does Not Rule Out Presidential Censure Vote
Senator Welcomes Debate On Domestic Wiretapping

WASHINGTON -- Republican U.S. Sen. Lincoln Chafee said he would not rule out eventually joining a vote to censure President Bush over domestic spying, though he said such a penalty would be "drastic."

Chafee said he did not currently support the proposal by Sen. Russell Feingold, D-Wis., to formally censure Bush for authorizing the wiretapping program.
"Everything should occur in steps," Chafee told The Providence Journal.

But he agreed that the wiretapping program, part of a broader war on terrorism, was illegal and said he welcomed the public debate prompted by Feingold's censure resolution.

"You just don't hear it -- any outrage, or questioning of it, or even support," Chafee said.