Rumsfeld is all about power of the military pork.
Murtha is upset because Rumsfeld is able to kill off pork waste and it hinders his "power".
Why are democrats resoting to a PARLEMENTARY GOVERNMENT stund in a Representative Democracy?
The answer goes back to the Jimmy Carter years.
Carter was such an abysmal failure they seriously considered spliting the presidency up into multiple jobs. Something like a president, and a prime minister, and a military minister.
This rumsfeld sanction effort is an effort to put CONGRESS IN POWER TO HIRE AND FIRE the Secretary of Defense. WHY? because the secretary of defense can make or break military pork (say hello Mr. Murtha)
Democrats are upset Rumsfeld is hurting their PORK PROJECTS! This is not about security this is about PORK.
Democrats know their power is fading, so they are trying to make the US government more "parlement" style to allow for their version of a "shadow" ministry ala england.
I totally agree.
What I find dismaying is that the republicans do not make a political issue of this. Sure, they share some of the guilt, but democratic Homeland security means union jobs with union dues going to the criminal enterprise called the democratic party.