Republican Roadblock

Sep 15, 10:01 AM CST

Wednesday, the Senate voted against creating an independent commission to investigate the government response to Hurricane Katrina. Senator Nelson voted for the commission, while Chuck Hagel contradicted himself and voted with his party to put a stop to it.

Hagel said last week: “It may require an outside commission to not only do it right, but to assure that Americans trust the results and the recommendations.” [Omaha World Herald, September 9, 2005]

But of course, when a Democrat proposed the creation of a commission, he was suddenly against the idea.

This Republican roadblock is wasting time. Republicans are playing partisan politics just as they did with the formation of the 9/11 Commission. As the Omaha World Herald reports, 70-percent of the American people want an independent commission, so sooner or later, it will probably be formed. The truth will come out.

How long do you think it will take before an independent commission is finally authorized?

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  1. The string of my Chuck Hagel Senatorial Yo-Yo has finally snapped from the stress of spinning too much. I certainly hope the same thing doesn’t happen to Senator Chuck Hagel.
    — Lee Clausen    Sep 15, 12:27 PM CST #
  2. We need to also put pressure on the three U.S. House Republican members of Congress to support an independent commission to fully investigate this tragedy. Their negative responses need to be strongly condemned in letters published in local newspapers throughout Nebraska. Their lockstep opposition to a truly independent commission demonstrates that these three House Republicans are not capable of truly representing the views of Nebraska’s citizens, only those of Tom Delay.
    — Richard Ream    Sep 15, 04:25 PM CST #
  3. my question to newsweek’s live chat (-they only ask for your city and state-I prefer to give my name):———
    Lincoln, NE: Would you agree that when one cuts through all the high faluting analysis, the reality is that Bush and the GOP Congress have proven the truth of the old saying, “Under republicans, the rich get richer and the poor get poorer” ?

    Jonathan Alter: yes.
    — vincepowers    Sep 15, 09:29 PM CST #
  4. Once more, Hagel lines up with the closet genocide artists On the extreme right wing. These loonies do Not represent the great majority of hard-working, patriotic Americans.

    I’m sure Saddam did not welcome an investigation, either.
    — Steve Hollister    Sep 16, 06:02 AM CST #

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