House told to alter intelligence bill

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http://www.washtimes.com/national/20041004-123840-1746r.htm

snip - "The White House was involved in the negotiations before the bill was introduced, and now, for some reason, it has come back and decided to insist that the main provisions, the most effective provisions of the bill, be gutted," she said.

snip - "The piling on of unrelated legislative pet projects, especially by the Republican Party's anti-immigration wing, could throw the carefully reasoned, bipartisan recommendations of the 9/11 commission to the curb," she said.
Members of the National Commission for Terrorist attacks upon the United States held a press conference last week to complain about some of the House provisions and praise the Senate bill as it now stands. Commission Vice Chairman Lee H. Hamilton singled out some of the House immigration provisions as particularly problematic for commission members.
The White House also has issued a statement praising the Senate bill.
But Mr. Gadiel said removing the immigration provision would be breaking Congress' promise to pass all of the September 11 commission's recommendations.
He said senators should be warned: "If you really have the nerve to kill a final bill — ignore all the recommendations of the 9/11 commission and spit in the faces of the 9/11 families because the final bill all of the recommendations, not just the ones you find palatable, go ahead, kill the bill. See what the American people feel in November."