The Senate has voted 39-60 against cloture on the Judiciary Committee’s (McCain-Kennedy) Immigration Bill. This opens up a path to alternatives, including the ‘compromise’ Martinez-Hagel bill.
Senate Democrats last night said they had not seen the compromise, much less approved it.
“We don’t even know what’s in it,” said Reid spokesman James Patrick Manley.
You can get caught up with the intricacies of the politics over these bills here, here, and here.
Much more importantly, Bloomberg is reporting:
President George W. Bush authorized disclosure of classified information on Iraq’s weapons program to rebut war critics, a former top administration aide told a grand jury, according to documents filed in federal court.
The documents don’t allege the president approved the identification of covert CIA operative Valerie Plame, although they were filed in connection with the investigation into who leaked the operative’s name to reporters in 2003. The court filing by special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald also doesn’t suggest Bush violated any rule or law governing the handling of classified material.