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HOUSE VOTES TO DEFUND ACORN-FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL — FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL 718 (Democrats in roman; Republicans in italic; Independents underlined) — H R 3221 RECORDED VOTE 17-Sep-2009 2:06 PM — QUESTION: On Motion to Recommit with Instructions
John Boehner struggles to keep up with base — “I would point out that the greatest anxiety about the president's policies tends to come from independents,” he said. — Long before the tea parties or Wilson's outburst, Boehner and Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-Va.) had struggled to moderate …
Bill could block Guantanamo closure A bill that could go to the Senate floor as early as next week would make it impossible for President Barack Obama to move any Guantanamo prisoners to the U.S. for any reason, effectively blocking his plan to close the facility by January. The bar on all such transfers was written into the Senate version of the Defense appropriations bill passed by the Appropriations Committee last week and is stricter than current law, which allows prisoners to be brought to the United States for trial as long as Congress is notified 45 days in advance of any potential risks.
U.S. Seeking 3rd Delay on Guantánamo Cases The Obama administration said it would decide by mid-November whether to bring charges in federal court in the United States against the five detainees at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, accused of involvement in the September 2001 terrorist attacks, according to government legal papers filed Wednesday. In two legal motions, one filed with a military court in Guantánamo and another with a federal appeals court, the government said it would seek a third postponement of proceedings in the 10 military tribunal cases at Guantánamo.
US military pulls plug on largest prison in Iraq --Prisoners transferred to other detention facilities The American army has decided to shut down Camp Bucca in the southern Iraqi port city of Basra as it moves to release thousands or transfer them to Iraqi custody before the year end. All the remaining 180 detainees of the facility, located just north of the Kuwaiti border, were transferred to US military's two remaining detention facilities -- Camp Taji and Camp Cropper, just outside Baghdad
Grijalva urges Senate Dems to replace Baucus bill with public option Liberals are seizing on the absence of Republican support for the Baucus bill to make the case that Democratic leaders should draft an even stronger reform measure. "Now that we've seen that Senate Republicans are not going to support any bill, no matter how weak, it is time to start earnest negotiations among Democrats for what is best for America, not what is best for people’s personal politics," said Arizona Rep. Raul Grijalva, a co-chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, before urging other Democrats on the Senate Finance Committee to "replace the Baucus plan" with legislation that has a strong public option.
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