Washington Post: Senate Kills Bid for Katrina Commission

[Penndems]

By LARA JAKES JORDAN
The Associated Press
Wednesday, September 14, 2005; 3:36 PM

WASHINGTON -- Senate Republicans on Wednesday scuttled an attempt by Sen. Hillary Clinton to establish an independent, bipartisan panel patterned after the 9/11 Commission to investigate what went wrong with federal, state and local governments' response to Hurricane Katrina.

The New York Democrat's bid to establish the panel _ which would have also made recommendations on how to improve the government's disaster response apparatus _ failed to win the two-thirds majority needed to overcome procedural hurdles. Clinton got only 44 votes, all from Democrats and independent Sen. Jim Jeffords of Vermont. Fifty-four Republicans all voted no.

"Just as with 9/11, we did not get to the point where we believed we understood what happened until an independent investigation was conducted," Clinton said.

The Senate vote is hardly likely to be the last word on whether to create an independent commission or as an alternative a special congressional committee to investigate Katrina. The 9/11 Commission was established in 2002 after resistance from Republicans and the White House, and opinion polls show the public strongly supports the idea. In a CNN/USA Today Gallup poll taken Sept. 8-11, 70 percent of those surveyed supported an independent panel to investigate the government's response to Katrina. Only 29 percent were opposed.

Link:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/14/AR2005091400240.html
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Why does this not surprise me? :mad:

[Melodybe]

1. Hillary knew it would get killed

Screw her, if she cared she wouldn't need the repubs in congress to find our the truth.

[oasis]

10. If she didn't make a move on it, some DUers would be all over her.

Wouldn't they?

[deadparrot]

2. Fuck the lot of them.

At least the Democrats stuck together...though it's a microscopic victory.

[fooj]

3. Is anyone compiling a list?

These rat bastards will be held accountable!

Fifty-four Republicans all voted no.

These assholes aren't fit to call themselves Americans. Every spineless republican in this country OWNS this bullshit. Actions have consequences. Period.

Peace.

[Dogmudgeon]

4. Hillary Clinton

Damned is she does, damned if she doesn't.

--p!

[spuddonna]

5. Just means we have to keep trying till we get it...

Work on the Republicans that have some common sense left...

[in_cog_ni_to]

6. Damn. I'm shocked.

:sarcasm:

[justiceischeap]

7. Would a petition sent to the Senate work?

If the 71% who agreed that an independent investigation sent a petition to Congress, they'd have to listen, right?

[Penndems]

8. They MIGHT listen

But the Republican majority in Congress doesn't pay lip service to the will of the people. They're more concerned with keeping both their's and the Bush Administration's dirty laundry from seeing the light of day. It's always what's best for the GOP. The wants and needs of the electorate come second.

Remember that next Election Day. ;)

[oasis]

9. kick