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Senate panel defies Bush on terror
Associated Press ^
| ANNE PLUMMER FLAHERTY
Posted on 09/14/2006 12:57:54 PM PDT by 300magnum
WASHINGTON - A rebellious Senate committee defied President Bush on Thursday and approved terror-detainee legislation he has vowed to block, deepening Republican conflict over a key issue in the middle of congressional campaigns.
Sen. John Warner (news, bio, voting record), R-Va., chairman of the Armed Services Committee, pushed the measure through his panel by a 15-9 vote, with Warner and two other GOP lawmakers joining Democrats. The tally set the stage for a showdown on the Senate floor as early as next week.
TOPICS: Extended News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: egobeforecountry; goobergraham; mccain; mclaim; osamahasrights; waronterror; weasel; wot
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To: Mo1
I'm sure that there is an 800 number, but I was too mad to look it up. Let me see if I can find one.
To: onyx
"The three men all have military experience. Susan does not, smart ass."
So when they vote wrong on, hmm, let's say abortion...since they're not women, they're just stupid? Is that how voting works in the Senate?
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posted on
09/14/2006 1:54:11 PM PDT
by
toddlintown
(Six bullets and Lennon goes down. Yet not one hit Yoko. Discuss.)
To: Dog
Call Senator Grahams office.. His office his basically blowing people off
Call the RNC .. or maybe Elizabeth Dole who is running the Senate Reelection Committee
Dole, Elizabeth - (R - NC)
(202) 224-6342
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posted on
09/14/2006 1:54:41 PM PDT
by
Mo1
(Think about it .. A Speaker Nancy Pelosi could be 2 seats away from being President)
To: A Citizen Reporter
Thanks! Going to call right now!
124
posted on
09/14/2006 1:55:23 PM PDT
by
Miss Marple
(Lord, please look over Mozart Lover's and Jemian's sons and keep them strong.)
To: SE Mom
125
posted on
09/14/2006 1:55:34 PM PDT
by
Mo1
(Think about it .. A Speaker Nancy Pelosi could be 2 seats away from being President)
To: 300magnum
126
posted on
09/14/2006 1:55:47 PM PDT
by
Gritty
(Of the two suicide cults America confronts, Liberalism is by far the more lethal - Don Feder)
To: toddlintown
Keep digging.
Collins is clueless. She has never worn the uniform. The three men have. They KNOW better first hand.
127
posted on
09/14/2006 1:56:26 PM PDT
by
onyx
(1 Billion Muslims -- IF only 10% are radical, that's still 100 Million who want to kill us.)
To: Steel Wolf
So..let's go back to trying to catch the big bad guys alive- and as to the rest...ppfftt..take no prisoners. Kill em on the spot.
128
posted on
09/14/2006 1:56:56 PM PDT
by
SE Mom
(Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet-prayers for the kidnapped Israeli Soldiers)
To: Txsleuth
Graham as expert...because he was a JAG? LOL My ex husband was a JAG and their exposure is limited in breadth. Graham's experience did not give him ~ all-knowing ~ expertise. Not only that, but this type of war has not been addressed/challenged under the GC... They just want us to comply with the International court.
Was it Graham that floated the rumor that the 5 AG's that signed the letter for the WH's position were coerced? I wouldn't be surprised.
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posted on
09/14/2006 1:57:33 PM PDT
by
debg
To: Incitatus
"The aim of these swine is to make us abandon our values and fight in the sewers with them."
We dropped one A-bomb in Japan that killed how many civis? They still did not stop. We dropped another A-bomb and said Tokyo is next. They stopped.
Why, because of force and fear.
Values!?, in a war. Only rules in war is that you win. If that means scaring the living feces out of people then they should have not started and supported war in the first place.
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posted on
09/14/2006 2:00:10 PM PDT
by
rollo tomasi
(Working hard to pay for deadbeats and corrupt politicians.)
To: 300magnum
This is a totally meaningless bill. It will not become law.
131
posted on
09/14/2006 2:00:29 PM PDT
by
AFPhys
((.Praying for President Bush, our troops, their families, and all my American neighbors..))
To: 300magnum
This is all about power.
The Senators in question believe the president has too much. (except for John McStain, who is running for president by dissing Bush)
The President is fighting to keep what power he has.
Just the usual clash of the titans of power, and little more.
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posted on
09/14/2006 2:00:57 PM PDT
by
Cold Heat
(I just analyze it, I did not create the mess...so go pound sand:-))
To: pipecorp
"He is no longer a war hero, he's merely a turncoat aiding and abetting our enemy by tying our country's hands in the war on terror."
Right your are... Benedict Arnold was a war hero just prior to becoming a traitor. Just because someone is heroic once in there life doesn't give them a lifelong pass for their subsequent actions.
To: Miss Marple
134
posted on
09/14/2006 2:02:37 PM PDT
by
onyx
(1 Billion Muslims -- IF only 10% are radical, that's still 100 Million who want to kill us.)
To: debg
Was it Graham that floated the rumor that the 5 AG's that signed the letter for the WH's position were coerced? I wouldn't be surprised. Apparently so!
135
posted on
09/14/2006 2:03:02 PM PDT
by
Cold Heat
(I just analyze it, I did not create the mess...so go pound sand:-))
To: SE Mom
GRRRRR .. I called and got some chick .. told her my complaint and she says she can't help my .. that she will transfer me to who can
Then I get a message that their mail box is full
Grrrr
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posted on
09/14/2006 2:03:27 PM PDT
by
Mo1
(Think about it .. A Speaker Nancy Pelosi could be 2 seats away from being President)
To: Mo1
Mail box is full...
I'll bet it is!
137
posted on
09/14/2006 2:04:02 PM PDT
by
onyx
(1 Billion Muslims -- IF only 10% are radical, that's still 100 Million who want to kill us.)
To: onyx
ANd the senate web site is down; I was planning on calling all three, but can't get their phone numbers.
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posted on
09/14/2006 2:05:05 PM PDT
by
Laverne
To: Cold Heat
"Just the usual clash of the titans of power, and little more." Well, some of these Senators depend on money from the national party for their campaigns. Money that has come from people like me. I've just informed the RNC, that they will be looking elsewhere for financial support.
They are either with the party or they are against it. But these imbeciles aren't even with the party, they are endangering our national security, with their "power grab".
To: Mo1
I got mailbox full too.
How ridiculous. the voicemail at the RNC is full.
Unreal.
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posted on
09/14/2006 2:05:51 PM PDT
by
SE Mom
(Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet-prayers for the kidnapped Israeli Soldiers)
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