but was still able to pass readily in the normal manner today ---------------------------
Told ya On Feb 14, 11:45 pm, MJ <[email protected]> wrote: > "We pledge to honor the Constitution as constructed by its framers and honor > the original intent of those precepts that have been consistently ignored > particularly the Tenth Amendment, which grants that all powers not delegated > to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, > are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people." -- A Pledge to > America, Republicans in Congress, September 2010House Votes to Extend Patriot > Act for Nine MonthsBill Still Needs to Be Reconciled With Senate Versionby > Jason Ditz, February 14, 2011 > The House of Representatives’ failed attempt to “fast track” the extension of > the Patriot Act failed last week for lack of a supermajority,but was still > able to pass readily in the normal manner today, with much the same voting as > the last time. > Indeed last week’s 26 Republican opponents still remained in place, and were > joined by an additional freshmen GOP congressman,Rep. Richard Hanna(R – NY), > who didn’t vote either way in the previous vote. This was overcome however by > two additional Democratic supporters. > Though much of Congress supports the act, thefreshmen Congressmen were enough > to sway what everyone had assumed was an easy “fast track” vote into a narrow > defeat, and officials seemed relieved to have finally passed the nine month > extension. > But the passage in theHouse still needs to be reconciled with the Senate, > which is debating amongst three separate versions, which are longer-term > extensions than the House version. One of the versions, being pushed by > Senator Grassley, would make the provisions eternal and without > oversight.http://news.antiwar.com/2011/02/14/house-votes-to-extend-patriot-act-for-nine-months/ -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more.
