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Originally Posted by Cole436
Not the numbers I was using. That's an entirely separate vote.
But again, keep argueing over a brushstroke and ignoring the entire painting
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I did pose a question earlier about why Congress would turn against Obama, but it wasn't answered. Do you have any information on past vetos of the Presidential veto that could help out (especially when TTC's stat of 96% of Presidential vetos being the final say begins to interact with it)?
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Originally Posted by Locke
This is all well and good, but I'm actually interested in the bill. Neither of those NY Times articles is particularly descriptive and I'm not watching the Guy Fawkes video, they give opinions of the bill, but what does it actually entail?
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It's bill S.1253, Title X, Subtitle D
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/F?c112:1:./temp/~c112CtSxlJ:e462105:
EDIT - The one that caught my eye when reading it quickly (I THINK it's the right bill) is section 1031
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- (c) Disposition Under Law of War- The disposition of a person under the law of war as described in subsection (a) may include the following:
- (1) Long-term detention under the law of war without trial until the end of hostilities against the nations, organizations, and persons subject to the Authorization for Use of Military Force.
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