Senate to debate homeland security bills (? another filibuster?)

[rodeodance]

Recall the WH had opposed collective Bargaining last time! -----

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070227/ap_on_go_co/congress_security;_ylt=AgtGWIDR9VMCjpQPZ7zrWePMWM0F


Senate to debate homeland security bills

By BEVERLEY LUMPKIN, Associated Press Writer Tue Feb 27, 3:06 AM ET

WASHINGTON - A Senate drive to approve homeland security legislation could lead to a clash with the White House over airport screeners and standardized drivers' licenses.


The Senate planned to begin debate on Tuesday. The legislation would improve rail and aviation security, provide funds for state and local emergency communications systems, improve intelligence sharing between federal, state and local officials, and expand a visa waiver benefit for favored countries.
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A provision in the Senate legislation would require that airport screeners receive the same collective bargaining and whistle-blower rights held by most federal employees. However, it received only Democratic support when it was approved by the Senate
Homeland Security Committee.

It's possible that this language could run into partisan problems on the Senate floor, where there might not be enough votes to overcome a Republican filibuster. By themselves, Democrats would lack the 60 votes needed to end GOP delaying tactics that could kill the provision.

At the time the committee adopted the unionization provision, Chairman
Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., said that screeners, who became a federal work force after the 9/11 attacks, had been denied the most basic employee protections.
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[rodeodance]

1. the real ID act:

......The administration may also oppose expected amendments to the REAL-ID Act, passed in 2005, that set a national standard for drivers' licenses and required states to link their record-keeping systems. Many states have complained about the cost of the program, and civil libertarians are concerned about privacy issues.

[wakeme2008]

2. When it comes to the floor will Holy Joe vote Repug or Dem

:shrug:

[apnu]

5. Repug, he hasn't licked enough boots yet. n/t

[Demeter]

3. Let the Tide Roll Out, and Take the Pirates With It!

Plank by plank, splinter by splinter, let us dismantle this Kluge of State and rebuild our great nation.

[apnu]

4. 'Republican' and 'filibuster' in the same sentance never ceases to entertain me

Is it not true that most of the remaining Republican seats in the Senate were pro-"nuclear option"? Now all of the sudden they love the filibuster. Every GOP voter I talked with, during all the cat-hater's nonsense about changing the rules, I said the same thing to: "You hate the filibuster now, but how will you feel when the Democrats control the Senate?"

I bet the GOP-bots are loving it now.