Frist Threatens Filibuster On Detainee Bill...

Charles Babington and Jonathan Weisman September 20, 2006 at 12:44 PM
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Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist signaled yesterday that he and other White House allies will filibuster a bill dealing with the interrogation and prosecution of detainees if they cannot persuade a rival group of Republicans to rewrite key provisions opposed by President Bush.

Frist's chief of staff, Eric M. Ueland, called the dissidents' bill "dead."

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