House Panel Reverses Course Backs Bush On Torture

Jcrowley

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Thu Sep-21-06 08:27 AM
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House Panel Reverses Course Backs Bush On Torture

House panel backs Bush on detainees

Sep 20, 2006 — By Thomas Ferraro and Vicki Allen

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In a dramatic reversal, a U.S. House of Representatives panel on Wednesday endorsed President George W. Bush's plan for tough interrogations and trials of foreign terrorism suspects after Republicans rounded up enough members to turn defeat into victory.

Embarrassed Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee were forced to hold a second vote to pass Bush's bill after losing the first one to Democrats and a couple of defecting Republicans. They then mustered absent members to eke out a 20-19 majority to send the bill to the House floor.

http://www.abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=2470651

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mom cat

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Thu Sep-21-06 08:30 AM
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1. Time for a goal line stand! .. K&R

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MannyGoldstein

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Thu Sep-21-06 08:37 AM
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2. Have No Fear! The Brave Congressional Democrats Are Here!

They'll use every tool at their disposal to ensure that Americans retain their basic civil liberties, and that America will live up to its obligations of providing basic human rights to combatants.

This bill is as good as dead.

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T Wolf

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Thu Sep-21-06 08:40 AM
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4. Did you forget the 'sarcasm' tag? nm

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magellan

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Thu Sep-21-06 08:40 AM
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3. They mustered these extra members and held a revote

...while two Dems were conveniently indisposed in a presser. Repuke fuckers never win when they play by the rules; that's why they're always breaking them.

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