FISA lapse coming?

(H/T - Michelle Malkin) 

The question has to be asked - are the Democrats living in a pre-9/11 world?  The answer apparently is yes when you consider the unthinkable is about to occur in the House.  According to NRO’s Andy McCarthy the House is planning to recess on tomorrow without taking action on the Senate’s FISA reform bill (S. 2248).

Well it looks like the unconscionable is about to occur.  I am hearing from several sources that the House is planning to recess on Friday without taking up the Senate bill.  That would mean the lapse of our surveillance authority at midnight.

This is a game of roulette with our national security, spearheaded by the Democratic leadership in the House, which is following the lead of the party’s two presidential contenders, Sens. Obama and Clinton.  Both of them voted against the emergency authorization last summer, and Obama voted against the Senate bill on Tuesday (Clinton did not bother to vote).  Make no mistake.  The MoveOn.org crowd is calling the shots on that side of the aisle.

President Bush has to keep pounding this, as does Sen. McCain.  This is not politics, folks.  For grown-ups, this is life and death.

So the Democrats want to play games with the OUR security - this is absurd.  Being against the war in Iraq is one thing but to put the people of this country at risk in the name of partisanship is downright childish.

To their credit the House Republicans are having no part in these shenanigans by Pelosi & her groupies.  They walked out today.

House Republican Whip Eric Cantor had this to say about the walkout:

House Republicans have walked out to protest the Democrats’ refusal to consider senate-passed FISA legislation that would enable America’s intelligence agencies to effectively monitor terrorists who are plotting to attack. While Democrats can’t find time for that, they did find time to debate the merits of specific individuals on the Administration staff. This is an outrage - our first duty is to protect America. Democrats refuse to take that seriously.

This is a bill that has bipartisan support despite the apparent unwillingness of Pelosi and her leadership team to bring this to a vote.  Contact your Congressional Representative and let them know this bill needs to be brought up for a vote.  Here’s the number: 202-224-3121