YES: IT’S ‘ N O ‘ TO MUSLIM PORTS INTRUSION

J. Grant Swank, Jr.

Just as AP reports this morning: "The Senate on Thursday could vote on a Democratic amendment to halt a controversial ports deal that the Bush administration still hopes to push through.

"The Senate vote would come just one day after the House Appropriations Committee attached a similar amendment to a $92 billion emergency supplemental funding measure for hurricane recovery and wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

"The committee vote in favor of the deal-blocker package was 62-2.

"By attaching it to a larger must-pass spending bill, lawmakers are challenging President Bush: If he follows through on his threat to veto a bill that stops the deal, he would also be vetoing the entire package.

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J. Grant Swank, Jr.
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