Congress Sends Bush Terror Tribunal Bill
Congress sent President Bush a bill Friday that endorses his plan to interrogate and prosecute terror suspects, legislation Republicans hope will win them political points on the campaign trail.
Once Bush signs it, which he was expected to do very soon, the military can begin prosecuting terror suspects.
Many Democrats opposed the legislation because they said it eliminated rights of defendants considered fundamental to American values, such as a person’s ability to protest court detention and the use of coerced testimony as evidence.
The House had already voted this week, 253-168, endorsing Bush’s plan for military detainees. The Senate passed a nearly identical bill Thursday by a 65-34 vote. Rather than reconcile the technical differences between the two bills, the House voted 250-170 to send the Senate version to the president to sign.
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