Posted on 07/24/2007 7:04:44 AM PDT by 3AngelaD
Public pressure is mounting on Capitol Hill Democrats to include the 'John Doe' provision into a written conference report of the final 911 Commission bill.
The provision would protect the public for reporting suspicious behavior that may be terrorist connected, and is the result of a current lawsuit against U.S. Airways and 'John Doe' passengers filed by a group of imams who were kicked off a flight.
"Democrats have been backed into a corner by public outrage over their efforts, so we are seeing these Democrats publicly say they support it in principle, but behind the scenes they are working to kill it," said one Republican leadership aide close to the conference process.
"There are powerful Democrats in the House and Senate trying to kill this provision," the aide said.
Keeping up the pressure to include the provision are Sen. Joe Lieberman, Connecticut Independent and chairman of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, the committee's ranking member, Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine whose efforts last week fell three votes short of passing the provision to an education bill, and Rep. Pete King, New York Republican...
Some Republican aides are attributing the mounting pressure to support the provision to press reports and the blogosphere, where bloggers are posting phone numbers of Democrat congressional leaders...
According to Congress Daily, Rep. Bennie Thompson, Mississippi Democrat and chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, wants to alter the provision so that it does not lead to racial profiling or the targeting of innocent people.
Thompson's office did not clarify by press time whether he is trying to change the language, Congress Daily reported.
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I contacted my congressman’s office but Mr. Neal was unavailable at a CAIR fund-raiser.
‘According to Congress Daily, Rep. Bennie Thompson, Mississippi Democrat and chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, wants to alter the provision so that it does not lead to racial profiling or the targeting of innocent people. ‘
So this idiot Thompson is okay with the ‘targetting of innocent people’ like passengers on flight 93?
This is a great example of why Congress has the lowest approval ratings any of us have seen in our lifetime.
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