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| Link This will take you to the Bill. |
Instead of trying to block Feingold, who argues Bush broke the law by authorizing the wiretaps, Senate Minority Leader Bill Frist sought a quick vote on the resolution. Other Republicans, including Vice President Dick Cheney, used Feingold's proposal as a rallying point. Democrats, who had been gaining ground in polls testing perceptions of which party would deal with terrorism better, backed away from the resolution, prompting Feingold to complain that his party was ``cowering'' before the president. ``With no co-sponsors and fellow Democrats refusing to vote on Senator Feingold's fringe issue, I urge the minority to either allow us to vote or move on to addressing the real threats facing our national security,'' said Frist, a Tennessee Republican. Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid of Nevada said on Monday, when Feingold's resolution was introduced, that he didn't know if he would support it. Senator Joseph Biden, a Delaware Democrat, said on NBC's ``Today'' show he sympathized with Feingold's ``frustration'' over the eavesdropping issue while declining to endorse the resolution. An `Unusual Measure' Senator Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut, who has supported Bush on defense and security issues, called Feingold's resolution ``a very unusual measure.'' ``Frankly, I'd prefer to spend our time figuring out ways to bring this very important program of surveillance of potential terrorists here in the United States under the law,'' Lieberman said March 13. Senator Mark Dayton, a Minnesota Democrat, was more direct. The resolution, he said yesterday, is ``premature, and over- reaching, which often involves losing more than gaining.'' Reid and other Democratic leaders succeeded in stalling a vote on the Senate floor that would have resulted in defeat in a chamber controlled by Republicans 55-44 with one independent. |
| For someone who "could care less" you certainly wrote a lot on the subject matter. |
| #11 by AsWayOpens Tuesday, March 14, 2006 |
| Thank you for the link BTW. A very interesting resolution. I am however curious about what some have said here. If Bush did break the law then why is he not facing a court or charges, instead Sen. Feingold makes a resolution to get him in trouble anyways. This to me sounds morer like Bush needs to get into trouble one way or the other. I don't get it. If Feingold feels Bush broke the law, why not get him charged rather than give him a "slap on the rist" like someone said here. I just doesn't seem right that if someone breaks a law that they should just get slapped but if he didn't he shouldn't get slapped at all. |
| You seem to be missing a very valid point here. "No one" and I do mean no one has come forth and shown that what GW did was illegal. |
| Well, I guess it has been decided then. Lazy, I am not. Limited on time, I am. |
I also assume that others have the ability to read and see what I do, to look up issues brought up. I mean, are you all just going to go on the writer's blog or are you going to look into it for yourselfs? |
| I've written a few brief things that have brought about discussions, other than my blogging style. Now, may I ask how I put this on my blog page? |
| It opens up investigating it. The Republicans have done everything they can to stop an open investigation. |
Then why do they find it necessary to change the law? |
| Everyone here has the ability to research anything posted here, the trick is to know what to look for. When debating about a particular article like this one, one has to know where exactly did you get the info to come to the conclusion you did. Why should I have to search for something that you are claiming, you should be the one to provide the link since it was you who brought it up. |
| Once he makes it to the floor to introduce it, call or write your representatives to back it! Nobody should be above the law and this is the very least we can do. |
| That's why there are so many Republicans who frown on the administration's arrogance in skirting the law. |
| No evidence has been presented to show or prove he has. |
| "There has been a lot of evidence, you as well as the majority of congress (who hold all the cards to do something), just choose to ignore it." |
| "Two more Senators have joined the call for censure!!" |
| If you think the Dems wouldn't slap the cuffs on anyone in the Bush administration they could get their hands on, you're nuts. If they had it, they'd use it. They don't, though, and legal experts can't even agree as to whether this is permitted. |
| Which ones, just wasted another 10 minutes trying to find out online and can't find anything to do with it. You could at least say who they are. |
| "I know for sure Harkin is no co-sponsoring the resolution. Link I think Boxer and Chaffee have said they'll vote for it." |
| lol, these people have said they'd vote for it IF IT COMES UP to a vote. read that as exactly what it says |
| Which ones, just wasted another 10 minutes trying to find out online and can't find anything to do with it. You could at least say who they are. |
| But since the allegations mean more than the evidence, the democrats like Feingold figure he must be guilty due to the seriousness of the charges. |
| " Well Baker, I can honestly, and with not one reservation, say that I'll never again vote Bush for President." |
| Which ones, just wasted another 10 minutes trying to find out online and can't find anything to do with it. You could at least say who they are. |
| Me neither. There is a 0% chance I'll ever be voting for George Bush again. |
| " Senators Harkin, Boxer and Chafee are coming on board and others are saying it is worth discussion." |
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