Cheney gets serious

Sunday, June 25, 2006 22:13

Posted in category Bush, Cheney, Politics, Republican

The White House is nearing an agreement with Congress on legislation that would write President Bush’s warrantless surveillance program into law, the Senate Judiciary Committee chairman said Sunday.

Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., has a drafted bill that would require the attorney general to get approval from the FISA court every 45 days to preserve the surveillance program. Other Republican lawmakers have been working on alternative legislation aimed at writing the administration’s program into law.

Specter has said that the president “does not have a blank check” and he has sought to have administration ask the special court to review the program. “We’re having a lot of conversations about that,” Specter said Sunday. He added that he and Vice President Dick Cheney have exchanged letters and that Cheney has indicated that he was serious about discussing the issue.

He was serious about discussing the issue?

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