http://www.washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080215/NATION/635545905/1001
“House to let surveillance law lapse”
Sean Lengell
February 15, 2008
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) talks in front of other members of the House of Representatives after walking out in protest of the decision by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to let the Protect America Act expire.
House Democrats yesterday refused to revisit an update of the nation’s domestic wiretapping rules before they expire tomorrow at midnight, causing Republicans to storm out of the chamber in protest.
The dispute has led both Democratic and Republican leaders to accuse one another of playing political games with national security.
Republicans said it was a “disgrace” that Democrats decided to call a vote on contempt charges against White House Chief of Staff Joshua B. Bolten and former White House counsel Harriet E. Miers in the 2006 firings of U.S. attorneys instead of addressing the surveillance measure.
“We have space on the calendar today for a politically charged fishing expedition, but no space for a bill that would protect the American people from terrorists who want to kill us,” said House Minority Leader John A. Boehner, Ohio Republican.”