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Word leaked out today in the Washington Post that the Speaker is not going to try and make good on a major campaign promise by Democrats.

During the last campaign, the Republicans were heavily criticized for not implementing the 9/11 commission report. Pelosi’s own website still has message after message critical of the Republicans on this issue. On September 6 of this year, Pelosi said, “…my colleagues and I sent a letter to Speaker Hastert the other day to say, that in honor to commemorate 9/11, we must immediately pass the 9/11 Commission recommendations…Democrats believe that a new direction for America is needed to protect American people.”

The 9/11 Commission felt one of the most important recommendations it had was that the Intelligence committee must be the ones who oversee the Intelligence budget. The Commission felt that without that step, the Intelligence community would not listen to the Intelligence Committee. The Commission also recommended doing away with the idea of term limits in the Intelligence Committee in order to maintain a familiarity with the community. Mrs. Pelosi has already cited term limits as a reason to get Jane Harman off the committee. Now, she doesn’t want to move oversight of the intelligence budget to the Intelligence Committee.

I feel both of these recommendations have positives and negatives. The important point is it illustrates a promise made by Speaker-elect Pelosi and the Democrats that they are now saying they won’t follow through on, and they haven’t even officially taken control yet. Pelosi is going to need a really great “100 hours” if the days and weeks leading up to them keep this current losing trend alive.

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