Tug-Of-War Over Interrogation Tactics

He noted that Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., was forced to postpone consideration of those bills this week and that senators are debating border security "because they have nothing else to do." To win a largely symbolic endorsement of the White House's detainee proposal, committee Republicans performed a series of procedural gymnastics. After an initial vote resulted in a 20-17 count against the measure, GOP aides wrangled two absent members - Rep. Henry Hyde of Illinois and Elton Gallegly of California - for four more votes to turn the rejection into an endorsement. The proceedings became muddled as Rep. James Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., asked members to repeat their votes. "I voted no, yes," Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas, said at one point. The "favorable rating," while not required to send the bill to a full House vote, was worth the fight for White House loyalists struggling to keep the bill alive in the waning days of the congressional session. http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/28-09212006-715950.html

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