Democratic-led House votes to scrap Guantanamo closure and tie President's hands

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The House of Representatives voted 212-206 for a catch-all spending Bill covering government expenses in the fiscal year that began October 1, a measure that included the restrictions affecting Guantanamo and its detainees.

The legislation prohibits President Barack Obama from spending any money to transfer prisoners to US soil or to acquire facilities to hold them on US soil.

It also explicitly bars the transfer of the confessed Al-Qaeda mastermind of the September 11 attacks Khalid Sheik Mohammed to the US mainland or US territories.

"None of the funds made available in this or any prior Act may be used to transfer, release, or assist in the transfer or release to or within the United States, its territories, or possessions Khalid Sheikh Mohammed or any other detainee'' held at Guantanamo Bay as of June 24, 2009, the Bill says.


read: http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/breaking-news/us-house-votes-to-scrap-guantanamo-closure/story-e6frf7jx-1225968209804

[BrklynLiberal]

1. Well, if the President is going to alienate the Democrats in Congress with his snide remarks,

I would hope that they would show him just how uncooperative they can be.

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2. oh, man, that's such bullshit. They're there to do the right thing, not pout like children

And it was and is still their job to decouple the taxes or ensure the middle-class doesn't just lose ground for no reason other than their intransigence.

[Arkana]

4. That's crap. They're adults and elected officials and they have

a responsibility to act like it.

[DURHAM D]

3. That is funny.

"The legislation prohibits President Barack Obama from spending any money to transfer prisoners to US soil or to acquire facilities to hold them on US soil."

You mean his friends won't get their pork for opening private prisons? What a shame.

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5. you mean the ones who stepped up to accept responsibility for the prisoners?

At any rate, they aren't refusing to close the prison because of whatever you're alleging.

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6. kick

[Laelth]

7. Cowards. Congress doesn't want to take responsibility on this one. n/t

-Laelth

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8. they really hung the President out on this one

. . . voters should let them know how they feel about that.

[Laelth]

9. Or they gave him the cover he specifically requested. Hard to know, really. n/t

-Laelth