The most disgusting thing about the whole article......
Chertoff, our head of Homeland Security, lobbying the senators to make his job a rubber stamp of criminals.
I posted this fact on a different thread a couple of days ago and some FReepers added other details:
Chertoff had an open Q/A session in the morning on this bill. After this, he did a round of radio talk shows and told listeners that (paraphrase), “while some peple are unhappy with this bill, he is thrilled that everybody has something they like” (whatever that gibberish means).
He then spend the entire afternoon and evening (by his own admission in lobbying the Senate and individual senators). Contrary to what WaPo says, his arrival at the Senate to twist arms in person was the culmination of his efforts that day, as opposed to being a one-off attempt.
Duncan Hunter passed a bill into law with 89 Senators voting for it. The law is we can build a fence from California to Texas. Over 800 miles of fence, but Congress will not fund it.
Hunter says that Homeland Security has a billion dollars not being used and that money could be used to help build the fence.
This Congress should not be allowed to pass another bill into law until they learn how to fund and enforce the laws we have on the books now.