The Senate has voted 50-48 to reject the amendment by Thad Cochran (R-MS), which would have removed the timetable language from the supplemental bill for the Iraq War. The bill now goes to conference and should pass next week. Gordon Smith and Chuck Hagel sided with the Democrats on this vote.
This is absolutely absurd. The Republicans are now threatening the Democrats for holding hearings on Iraq yesterday: Sen. Trent Lott (R-Miss.) is threatening to punish Democrats for using an Appropriations Committee room for an unofficial hearing on Iraq oversight if it happens again. “They better stop this,” the Mississippi Republican said. “This will be the […]
In the aftermath of Katrina, President Bush appeared in New Orleans along side Mississippi Senator Trent Lott and talked about rebuilding. He even said he looked forward to the day when Lott’s house was rebuilt and he could sit on the porch with him drinking lemonade. It appears as though Lott might not feel the […]
We keep hearing horror stories coming from the front lines of Katrina’s aftermath. One that has been echoed numerous times is the lack of helicopters to help the people. This is an alarming issue you think the government would be working hard to correct, but think again. Think Progress picked up on an important point […]