President Bush Signs Military Commissions Act of 2006
Another Reason To Stay In the Game
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President Bush has signed the Military Commissions Act of 2006. This new law provides for the detention and prosecution of terrorism suspects. Under the legislation, the evil doers who planned the 2001 terrorist attacks on our country can be brought to justice, including Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the accused mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks and Ramzi Binalshibh, a would-be 9/11 hijacker.
The passage and signing of this law should, but won't, put an end to the left-wing extremist attacks on the prosecution of the War Against Terror. To the contrary, the law will generate more legal challenges to U.S. policy making us look divided and indecisive in the face of a challenge to our very existence.
Read on.
The bill passed the House, http://www.govtrack.us/congress/vote.xpd?vote=h2006-508, with 34 Democrats joining 219 Republicans in voting for the bill. The remaining 160 Democrats, seven Republicans and one independent voted against it.
In the Senate, the legislation passed 65 to 34, with 12 Democrats joining 53 Republicans to approve it. One Independent and one Republican joined 32 Democrats in voting against it.
The key Democratic leaders in Congress voted against this bill, including would-be Speaker Nancy Pelosi, House Majority Leader-in waiting John Murtha, and Senate Democrat leader Harry Reid. That of course should cause us all to pause and consider whether this necessary tool would have seen the light of day if the Democrats controlled Congress.
The situation is worse than just the Democratic leadership in the Congress. Of the 13 possible Democratic 2008 presidential candidates, seven are sitting U.S. Senators. Ensuring that the Democrats will continue to play politics with this issue, all seven voted against the Military Commissions Act of 2006:
- Indiana Senator and former governor, Evan Bayh
- Delaware Senator and chief Democratic plagiarist, Joe Biden
- New York Senator and presumed front runner, Hillary Clinton
- Connecticut Senator Chris Dodd
- Wisconsin Senator Russ Feingold
- Massachusetts Senator and 2004 Democratic presidential nominee, John Kerry
- Illinois freshman Senator Barack Obama
And yes, it does get worse. Dodd regrets not filibustering the new law and plans to overturn portions of the bill.