Sens. Joseph I. Lieberman and Lindsey Graham said Tuesday they would filibuster the supplemental spending bill unless it includes a provision blocking the release of detainee photographs.
Were not going to do anymore business in the Senate. Nothing is going forward until we get this right" threatened Graham R- S.C.
The Senate adopted the prohibition as an amendment to its version of the bill (HR 2346). However many liberal Democrats in the House already opposed to spending more money on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are bucking White House efforts to keep the photos from the public.
To release the photos to me is sheer voyeurism. Its disclosure without a purpose and its disclosure that brings great risk" said Lieberman I-Conn.
Graham called the House Democrats objecting to the provision a fringe element."
I want the American people to know that if this batch of photos sees the light of day some American soldier or diplomat is going to lose their life directly related to the violence that would be incited by our enemies by the release of these photos" he said.
Lieberman and Graham added their amendment which would bar for three years the disclosure of images of mistreated prisoners taken from Sept. 11 2001 to Jan. 22 2009 to the tobacco regulation bill (HR 1256) now on the Senate floor. Lieberman said he and Graham would vote against cloture on the tobacco measure if it fails and would could continue to slow up the process" by attaching their amendment to other legislation.
Sen. Graham and I will not go quietly into the night" said Lieberman. We will use all of the legislative tools at our disposal . . . Were going to take every action and any action we can to make sure that this amendment is adopted."
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