Thursday, April 27, 2006

Congress Gets a Spine?

Arlen Spector (R-PA) has a spine and is trying to rein in Bush. He's threatening to block NSA funds if the administration continues to not allow Congress to perform oversight on intelligence activities. "Institutionally, the presidency is walking all over Congress at the moment...If we are to maintain our institutional prerogative, that may be the only way we can do it." We'll see how successful he'll be.

The Daily Kos wrote about this and other related things. They end with a damning statement, "The House of Representatives defeated an amendment requiring intelligence agencies to comply with the law." I can't find that bill. The closest I can find is H. R. 4976 which has some of the listed sponsors but not all and is from March, it also does a little more than say comply with the law. I agress Congress is weak, but please, let's remain factual.

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