Dems Keep First Promise: Anti-Terrorism Bill Passes

by SusanG

Tue Jan 09, 2007 at 05:19:19 PM PST

What the Republican Congress couldn’t accomplish in five years, the Democratic Congress took care of in – yes! – the first 100 hours:

House easily passes anti-terror bill

WASHINGTON (AP) — Anti-terror legislation sailed through the House on Tuesday, the first in a string of measures designed to fulfill campaign promises made by Democrats last fall.

Patterned on recommendations of the commission that investigated the Sept. 11 attacks, the far-reaching measure includes commitments for inspection of all cargo carried aboard passenger aircraft and on ships bound for the United States.

The vote was a bipartisan 299-128