The electronic vote counters in the House are broken (and I thought those things could never fail). There is a vote to adjourn on the floor, the Democrats want to wait for the voting machines to be repaired, and the Republicans now want a manual vote.
What’s truly ironic is that (per CNN, link below)Bush has prohibited them from calling a recess anyway, but they must not know this.
Bush: Congress must stay until surveillance law upgraded
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Bush said Friday that Congress must stay in session until it approves legislation modernizing a U.S. law governing eavesdropping on foreigners.
Bush said the intelligence community needs "the tools they need to protect the United States."
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The president, who has the power under the Constitution to keep Congress in session, said lawmakers cannot leave for their August recess this weekend as planned unless they "pass a bill that will give our intelligence community the tools they need to protect the United States."
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Democrats leery of Gonzales' involvement said that seemed far too long a period of time before the FISA court could step in.
Bush said that he would judge any bill sent to him by one measure alone: McConnell's judgment as to whether it provides "what you need to prevent an attack on the country."
"If the answer's `no,' I'm going to veto the bill," he said.
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