Does Anyone Know of A Historical Precedent of Congress Publicly Admitting

The Lone Liberal

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Tue Apr-06-04 07:02 AM
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Does Anyone Know of A Historical Precedent of Congress Publicly Admitting

Edited on Tue Apr-06-04 07:03 AM by The Lone Liberal

...that it is willing to accept false or incomplete information upon which they then pass major legislation.

The current Republican Congress made such an admission last week. Rep. Bill Thomas, R-Calif., chairman of the Ways and Means Committee has ruled that Congress does not need to determine just why false, incomplete and misleading information was given to congress prior to the vote on the Medicare Prescription Act.

Does anyone know if this has happened before. A public statement that Congress does not need any �stinkn�� information.

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greatauntoftriplets

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Tue Apr-06-04 07:04 AM
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1. Didn't most of them admit to not fully reading the USA Patriot Act...

Edited on Tue Apr-06-04 07:23 AM by greatauntoftriplets

...before they voted to approve it?

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maddezmom

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Tue Apr-06-04 07:05 AM
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2. watched a little of the CSPAN hearing that was replayed this weekend

Edited on Tue Apr-06-04 07:06 AM by maddezmom

Charlie Rangel was practically getting to admit, nothing matters as long as the bush side wins.

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DeepModem Mom

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Tue Apr-06-04 07:08 AM
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3. There are many dangerous precedents...

taking place under this un-American cabal.

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displacedtexan

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Tue Apr-06-04 07:20 AM
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4. Didn't the same thing happened with the Haiti hearings?

Edited on Tue Apr-06-04 07:42 AM by displacedtexan

The Repuke-controlled committee investigating the Haiti coup 'voted' not to recommend a full investigation before all facts were available.

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library_max

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Tue Apr-06-04 09:29 AM
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5. In the impeachment proceedings against Clinton

the Republican majority in the House stifled debate on the legality or Constitutionality of the charges against him, which of course was the whole point. They had the votes and they rammed it through - the only discussion was on "the facts," i.e. repeating endlessly what happened between Clinton and Lewinsky with no talk allowed about whether it mattered a good goddamn.

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