Torture add forces House Democrats to pull bill
- House Rules Chairwoman Louise Slaughter (D-N.Y.) attached the provision to the bill Wednesday over the objections of other House leaders Photo: AP
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House Democratic leaders were forced to pull a major intelligence funding bill off the House floor after one of their own colleagues attached an amendment that would have jailed CIA agents who engaged in “cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment” during interrogations.
House Rules Chairwoman Louise Slaughter attached the provision to the bill Wednesday over the objections of other House leaders, sources said Thursday night. Democrats tried to use a unanimous consent agreement to remove the amendment, Democratic sources said, but Republicans refused to agree and leaders had to pull the bill moments before its scheduled vote. The bill would have failed if the amendment had been included, sources said.
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