WASHINGTON (AP) -- Senate Republicans on Wednesday scuttled an attempt by Sen. Hillary Clinton to establish an independent, bipartisan panel patterned after the 9/11 Commission to investigate what went wrong with federal, state and local governments' response to Hurricane Katrina.
The New York Democrat's bid to establish the panel -- which would have also made recommendations on how to improve the government's disaster response apparatus -- failed to win the two-thirds majority needed to overcome procedural hurdles.
"Just as with 9/11, we did not get to the point where we believed we understood what happened until an independent investigation was conducted," Clinton said.
Kelzie said:Yeah hey, what's the deal? Any Republicans here who think that an independent investigation would be a bad thing?
cnredd said:Misleading question.....
Bad idea?...Nope....
Bad idea after only 3 weeks and the job won't be completed for at least the next three months?...You betchya
Kelzie said:Somehow I don't think that's why the Republicans had a problem with it.
I'm sure they want to wait till it's out of sight and out of mind so they can have some faux investigation. Natural disasters and terrorists wont be giving us a recess to fix DHS/FEMA before they strike so it's best to start this investigation now so we can fix the problems ASAP.Kelzie said:Somehow I don't think that's why the Republicans had a problem with it.
scottyz said:I'm sure they want to wait till it's out of sight and out of mind so they can have some faux investigation.
Except for the fact they already blocked an attempt at investigating the Katrina failures while it's still fresh in everyones minds.Stinger said:Why are you sure? There's absolutely no evidence to support your assertion.
scottyz said:Except for the fact they already blocked an attempt at investigating the Katrina failures while it's still fresh in everyones minds.
Eh... it will make the Democratic Mayor and Governor of LA look pretty bad. :2wave:tfarino said:Republicans aren't afraid of anything. I do understand that democrats love to pounce on anything that will make the Rep's look bad.
How so? Clinton continued the "no net loss" wetlands program Bush sr. started. The wetlands provide a buffer from Hurricanes for N.O. and Bush Jr. of course dumped the idea and gave the land to developers...tfarino said:Its all :spin: by the Clinton's. It's amazing how Democrats view The Clinton's as Gods, but don't realize that most of their problems were created by the Clintons!
wxcrazytwo said:I have to agree that the one of the reasons why Republicans want to block such an investigation is because they know they screwed up. The Republicans have always tried to block investigations regarding stuff like this.
Kelzie said:The Dems screwed up too. They're just not scared of an investigation.
scottyz said:Eh... it will make the Democratic Mayor and Governor of LA look pretty bad. :2wave:
Kelzie said:The Dems screwed up too. They're just not scared of an investigation.
What's hard to understand about "independent, bipartisan panel". I'm sure the mayor and gov. would have been there answering questions, but I highly doubt they would be on the panel.Stinger said:If the leftest and Democrats and some around here who are more interested in making sure they can pin all the blame on Bush have their way then the Democratic Mayor and Governor of LA will be sitting ON the panel!
tfarino said:Republicans aren't afraid of anything. I do understand that democrats love to pounce on anything that will make the Rep's look bad. Maybe we are just focused on helping the people. The difference here is we pretty much knew what happened, and what went wrong. Do we have to spend 50 million so its put on paper? While were at it I want a commission on the following:
1. WACO Compound fire
2. USS Cole
3. WTC first bomb
4. Clinton Petagon and Able Danger
5. Bombing of the army/USAF barrack towers in Kuwait
COME ON DEMOCRATS IF IT GOES WRONG COMMISSION IT.
scottyz said:What's hard to understand about "independent, bipartisan panel". I'm sure the mayor and gov. would have been there answering questions, but I highly doubt they would be on the panel.
SouthernDemocrat said:Oh for crying out loud, you had a blank check to smear the Clintons with all through the ninties. If you couldnt do it with what, 70 million or so, then thats your problem.
Hillary wanted a independent bipartisan investigation. Who is to say it wont reveal that the Democrats are at fault? Either way the goal was to identify the problems and fix them without bringing party politics into it. I can't see anything wrong with that.tfarino said:Democrats want an investagtion cause it keeps them in the spotlight, in control, and allows the left wing news continue to bash Rep's.
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