Dems grow cojones
I wouldn’t vote for ‘em, but kudos to the dems in Congress for finally acting like an opposition party:
Democrats Force Secret Senate Session
LIZ SIDOTI
WASHINGTON – Unable to win their way with votes, outnumbered Democrats used a rarely invoked Senate rule to force a secret session as a way to dramatize their assertions that the Bush administration misused intelligence in the run-up to war in Iraq.
“They have repeatedly chosen to protect the Republican administration rather than get to the bottom of what happened and why,” Democratic leader Harry Reid said Tuesday in demanding that the Senate chamber be emptied of everyone but members and a few staffers.</i>
Read a timeline of this here. Why does one political party consistently place politics over national security?