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ProSense

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2. Well,
Sat Apr 28, 2012, 08:15 PM
Apr 2012

then make sure it doesn't pass the Senate.

There seems to be a bizarre obsession with focusing on the WH veto while sitting back and allowing Congress to push through flawed bills.

Does anyone even know when and if the Senate will take it up and whether or not it has the votes to pass?

The same thing happened with NDAA, which passed with more than 80 votes in the Senate. The ACLU made a good point at the time:

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But should it really come to that? Congress itself should come to its senses and ditch the indefinite detention provisions. And just as importantly, Congress should listen to you and every other American on what we all as Americans want for our country. Secret deals for indefinite military detention without charge or trial? Tell Congress we are better than that. It's not who we are as Americans, and it is not the country or the world we want to pass on to our children and grandchildren.

http://www.aclu.org/blog/national-security/behind-closed-doors-congress-trying-force-indefinite-detention-bill-americans

Call your Senator. The groups that oppose this should push to see this killed in the Senate.

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