MER - Bye-Bye, Civil Liberties

<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> On Sept. 29, the Senate voted 100-0 in favor of the pork-swollen Pentagon budget, which earmarked $70 billion for our ongoing military ventures in Iraq and Afghanistan. There was no debate over the appropriation, and not one Democrat voted against the egregious spending. On the same day, the Senate also overwhelmingly approved the dismantling of habeas corpus for "enemy combatants." Twelve Democrats sided with the Republicans to allow the U.S. government to detain people arbitrarily and indefinitely. <b on></b> </body>