Democrats Close to Giving Bush Everything He Wants in Spy Bill
Posted in H.L. News, Main Blog (All Posts) on August 1st, 2007 10:05 am by HL
That the only kind of “Compromise” The Democrats do.
Bush, Democrats closer to deal on spying bill
AP
Excerpt:
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democratic lawmakers said on Wednesday they were closer to a deal with U.S. President George W. Bush to expand the government’s anti-terror powers to eavesdrop on telephone calls and e-mail from abroad.
With the U.S. Congress scheduled to leave for an August recess by this weekend, the divisive domestic spying program was one area of some agreement between Bush and Democratic and Republican congressional leaders at a White House breakfast….
Democrats have been reluctant to give Bush broad changes to the existing law on domestic spying, citing concerns about potential civil liberties violations. Bush wants more leeway to conduct surveillance to prevent terrorist attacks.
In the face of Bush’s new demand that Democrats send him legislation before the recess, scheduled for Friday, Pelosi and Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid of Nevada said they thought a compromise might be possible on narrowly tailored legislation.
HLs Take
The story does not say what that “Compromise” might be. I guess they figure why state the obvious. Democrats idea of compromise. OK have it your way, just let us pretend we fought against it for a little while.
