These guys are ridiculous:

Congress on Saturday failed in its attempt to get legislation addressing the Sept. 11 Commission's terror-fighting recommendations to President Bush, but Republican leaders said they would try to press the effort later this year.

House Majority Leader Tom Delay said "Our members want us to continue, the speaker wants us to continue to negotiate and so does the Senate, so we're going to continue to negotiate and see if we can get a bill in December."

However chance are unlikely if the House and Senate both leave Washington and end their post-election session.

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Lawmakers thought they had a deal Saturday.

"Give me a cigar," said the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan. He flashed a "V" for victory with his hand after signing off on the deal.

Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, one of the lawmakers involved in the talks, said Bush had been in touch with negotiators by telephone from Chile, where he was attending a meeting of leaders from Asian and Pacific nations. Administration officials also said the president supported the compromise.

These people need to be held responsible for blocking any effort to reform our intelligence system to make our country safer. These people believe in bad government and the American people need to be made aware of this.

I guess this means it's time to see what the Democrats are actually made of.