House GOP dares Dems to vote ‘no’

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http://thehill.com/news/100704/gop.aspx

By Jonathan E. Kaplan

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House Republicans appear to have switched tactics from cooperation to confrontation with Democrats on intelligence reform, in a move that Democrats say reminds them of the GOP’s pre-election strategy in 2002.

The change in tone, and perhaps in substance, comes a week after the GOP made bipartisan overtures and Republicans on the House Select Committee on Intelligence accepted several Democratic amendments to their reform bill.

The tactic may mean House Republicans want to dare Democrats to vote against the legislation, just as they did so effectively with their bill creating the Homeland Security Department in 2002.

Capitol Hill sources said House and Senate leaders might direct staff to draft a bill and then take the extraordinary step of reconvening Congress on Nov. 1, the eve of the election, to vote on the legislation.

“That this is exactly what Rove and Mehlman want. They want to replay the homeland-security fight of 2002,” said a Democratic aide, speaking on background.

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1. The Republicans LIVE

by dividing this country.

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2. The GOP

scumbags are destroying this country,those bastards love money and hate everyone else except their fellow rethugs.WAKE UP AMERICA after nov 2 it will be too late.