11 June 2009

Congress Votes to Instruct Conferees to Keep Graham-Lieberman Amendment

95 Dems voted with the Republicans to instruct the conference Representatives on the conference committee to keep the amendment to hide torture photos in the Iraq/Afghanistan supplemental, in a stunning display of cowardice.

Thankfully, it's non-binding, and will probably be ignored by the conferees, but jeebus this is hypocritical, particularly for the Dems in safe districts who voted for it.

It will be ignored by the conferees because the 'Phants will all vote against the supplemental, because they are opposed to the IMF money, so the Progressive Caucus can actually kill this bill.

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