Posted on 10/01/2009 8:40:04 PM PDT by Nachum
If such a ban were to become law, the Obama administration would be hard-pressed to close the Guantanamo Bay prison by January as President Obama has promised.
WASHINGTON -- The House went on record Thursday against allowing detainees at the Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba to be transferred to the United States, even to face trial or to be jailed in maximum-security prisons.
The 258-163 vote on a nonbinding recommendation put Democrats controlling the House in a difficult spot and prompted senior lawmakers to postpone unveiling a House-Senate agreement on a homeland security funding bill.
If such a ban were to become law, the Obama administration would be hard-pressed to close the Guantanamo Bay prison by January as Obama has promised.
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Or Bawney Fwank.
Or Murtha.
Or Reid.
Or Schumer.
Yeah, I know some of 'em are Senators. In that case, do it down the block from their house.
Or give 'em to the good RAAAACIST-baiting professor from Harvard so he can learn first hand from being told by the jihadists just how much worse Gitmo was than his run-in with the law.
Cheers!
Gotta love it though. Barry is getting jap-slapped every turn he makes on Gitmo. lulz.
But..Lurve...Hope....Change????
This is what Barry wants, it gets him in the clear.
“This is what Barry wants, it gets him in the clear.”
I think you’re right, I don’t think he cares that much about Gitmo, but he wants to appease his far left base. Now he can say that he tried, but was unable to pull it off because of congressional opposition.
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