[Alia]

Thanks for informing me. Any reason given for Spectre's "pending" box being overfull on something we need NOW? What's he waiting for?

[Dems_R_Losers]

Sen. Kyl said Specter was trying to continue negotiating with Ted Kennedy to win his support! He apparently doesn't want to send this report to the floor on a party-line vote. Kyl said they had already watered down the Act to a fare-thee-well at the insistence of the Dems.

I have never joined in the bashing of Specter here, but this is intolerable. I don't give a rat's behind whether any Democrats vote for the extension of the Patriot Act - in fact, I hope they don't, it's something else we can use against them in next year's elections. And I'm sick of Republicans letting Ted Kennedy call the shots on legislation.