Posted on 11/10/2015 10:09:25 AM PST by jazusamo
President Obama's plans to close the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay took another hit Tuesday as Congress passed the annual defense policy bill that keeps in place a ban on shipping any of the terrorist suspects to the U.S.
Mr. Obama has repeatedly objected to the ban and earlier this year vetoed another version of the bill -- but this new version passed the Senate on a 91-3 vote Tuesday, and cleared the House on a 370-58 vote, signaling that he'd have a tough time getting Congress to back him up should be try to veto this one.
The move comes as the White House has stoked fears on Capitol Hill that Mr. Obama may be preparing yet another end-run around Congress -- this time to try to shutter the prison despite the ban in law.
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Don’t worry, POSotus will find a way.
He’s been threatening with an executive order and this may force him to try, it may just get interesting if any GOP finds any cajones.
He’s the CIF. He can probably have them all released.
The GOPe caves like a drunken cheerleader at a frat party.
Always.
I’d be shocked if they didn’t.
He doesn't give a damn.
He will, I predict, give Guantanamo away to Cuba as part of the "new relationship" with the Cuba dictatorship.
Agreed. I don’t doubt in the least that his plan from the start was to close Gitmo, cuddle up to Castro and give it back to the commies.
He’ll get it done before he goes is my guess.
I sure do think you are right...
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