The Bush administration is "now in a position where they want to talk about a possible compromise" on stalled electronic spying legislation, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) told reporters today.
"I think, frankly, they were surprised" that House Democratic leaders were able to pass their preferred version of the bill, which would reauthorize and update the 1978 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, just before lawmakers left for the two-week spring recess, he said.
Hoyer said he has been in conversations with administration officials and with House Minority Whip Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), all of whom have indicated that they are ready to reach a compromise.
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See what can happen when Dems stand up to "W"orthless. Now the idea for Democrats is to "stay the course" and not back down to the constitution destroying republicans. Give them the true meaning of Bush's version of compromise: "my way or the highway". Bush knows he can't win this unless they are holding something over the democrats, and as far as I can tell, Bushco has nothing, as they would have already used it. The only thing Bush has left in his arsenal before January 20, 2009 is a war with Iran. Bush's domestic agenda is finished, finis...over! Everybody write Hoyer, Pelosi and your congress people and tell them to stand firm..or else they jeopardize their re-election!