With so many really important pieces of legislation such as flag burning, gay bashing or any other piece of useless legislation that might possibly defelect criticism or change the subject. Because of all the really, really, really important stuff, the nations security just can't be squeezed in any time soon, according to Hastert. Truth be told, it's Clinton's fault.
Hastert, R-Ill., said any legislative action on the panel's recommendations probably won't occur until after the next president is inaugurated in January, given the limited time Congress has remaining this year.
"It's a very difficult time to squeeze out and have the oversight and the testimony to put new legislation in place," Hastert said.
"Commissioners have all said they hoped the report would not just go on a shelf as so many others have," commission spokesman Al Felzenberg said. "They said they hoped both presidential campaigns would endorse the recommendations and Congress would act."
In recent interviews with The Associated Press, commissioners said the report will fault Congress for poor oversight of intelligence gathering and criticize government agencies for their emergency responses to the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people in New York City, Washington and Pennsylvania.
