He and Hillary (and Leahy, McCaskill, Webb and Coburn) were on the committee who discussed it with Chertoff and presented it to the Senate.
Thanks. My quick search found this: http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=sr110-511 It did not mention that. Your larger point seems correct.
132 posted on 01/08/2012 6:09:13 PM PST by MileHi
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