Late last week, I noted that the supplemental war spending bill had hit a significant snag on its way to conference committee after the Senate tacked on two controversial amendments. One amendment–with a price tag of about $5 billion–would open up a $100+ billion line of credit for the International Monetary Fund. The other–an amendment to the Freedom of Information Act authored by Joe Lieberman and Lindsey Graham–would have allowed the White House to suppress any photo related to detainee abuse taken after September 11, 2001.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=141901