Military tribunals to pass through Congress

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U.S. Congress approves Bush's military tribunals

QUOTEU.S.Republicans on Wednesday cleared procedural hurdles in the House and Senate on the way to giving President Bush authority to detain, interrogate and try terrorism detainees before military commissions.

House Republicans succeeded on a vote in blocking any Democratic amendments to the legislation. In the Senate, GOP leaders won an agreement from Democrats to debate the bill for less than a dozen hours and then vote on it.

Four Democrats and Republican Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania are being given opportunities to offer amendments in the Senate, but all were expected to fall with lawmakers eager to adjourn this weekend to devote the next five weeks to campaigning for re-election.

Specter's amendment would strike a provision in the bill that denies terrorism suspects the right to appeal their detention in court.

Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist urged quick action on the overall detainee legislation.

This is a huge win for the Bush administration. I didn't think they'd be able to get it to pass. lol

[raum]

the notion that america doesn't support this war is completely invented by the media. even the democrats in congress passed through the additional 70 billion for iraq operations this week.

you will find in the thick, everyone knows what calls to make about this.

[Brains]

err. yeah. but the war still increased the terrorist threat.

so i do not know about you, but my opinion is the Bush administration failed even on that promise. /rolleyes.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":rolleyes:" border="0" alt="rolleyes.gif" />

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QUOTE(Brains @ Sep 27 2006, 06:00 PM) err. yeah. but the war still increased the terrorist threat.

Yawn...

[trashtalkr]

Shit Brians, the war is helping. Have you seen a major terrorist attack recently at all? Didn't think so