9-11 WIDOWS DROP BOMB ON DUBYA, NYTimes: "Jersey Girls" blame Repubs!

[AnIndependentTexan]

http://www.nytimes.com/auth/login?URI=http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/28/politics/28panel.html

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The statement, which also singled out Speaker J. Dennis Hastert and five other House Republicans for blame, said, "The president never took time from his campaign to come to Washington himself to see this through," adding: "Election Day is imminent. Now it's our turn."
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Their position has been endorsed by senior officials at the Pentagon, which has proved awkward for the White House to explain in recent days since President Bush has offered his public support to the Senate provisions, which have also been endorsed by the Sept. 11 commission. The House Republicans have also insisted on the inclusion in a final bill of several law enforcement and immigration provisions from the House bill that have been strongly criticized by civil liberties groups and were never addressed by the commission."
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[maddezmom]

1. well they are: Delay defends blocking the bill

HOUSTON - House leaders will not act on the Sept. 11 commission's terror-fighting recommendations until a satisfactory compromise with the Senate is reached, House Majority Leader Tom DeLay said Wednesday.
"The House and the House leadership are going to take it in the chops from the media again because we're holding up the 9/11 commission implementation act," DeLay said during a speech at a conference about homeland security.

DeLay, R-Sugar Land, said he was proud of the fact that he was "holding it up for the right reasons."

The House and Senate have competing bills that differ on how much authority over the intelligence budget the person named national intelligence director should have. The bills also differ on whether immigration and law enforcement should be considered with intelligence reorganization.
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