Fool me twice ...(bipartisan congressional committee of Republicans on Hurricane Katrina)

WHEN IS A BIPARTISAN commission not bipartisan? Perhaps when, like the bipartisan, bicameral congressional inquiry into Hurricane Katrina proposed on September 7, it's unveiled by Bill Frist and Dennis Hastert at a press conference Democratic leaders weren't even told about, much less invited to.

Or when its membership, all == sitting senators and representatives subject to party discipline, will have a clear Republican majority just like an ordinary congressional committee. Or when, just like an ordinary committee, only the majority will be able to issue subpoenas and control the ...

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