Holy crap, it's official; this dog is dead. The sad part, of course - politically speaking - is that it took a GOP revolt to kill it, and the Democrats were still ready to give Mr. Bush's administration functionally everything they wanted.
I'm kind of amazed they called the vote without having the votes already assured.
The question now will be whether they decide to put something together that will actually do some good and pass that, or whether they'll just say fukkit and go home. That latter option would be bad indeed.
I'm kind of amazed they called the vote without having the votes already assured.
The question now will be whether they decide to put something together that will actually do some good and pass that, or whether they'll just say fukkit and go home. That latter option would be bad indeed.