http://159.54.227.3/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20060913 <http://159.54.227.3/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20060913&Category=NEWS&ArtNo =609130311&SectionCat=&Template=printart> &Category=NEWS&ArtNo=609130311&SectionCat=&Template=printart Bush presses terrorism legislation The Associated Press WASHINGTON - President Bush dispatched the vice president and top aides to the Capitol on Tuesday to try to break an election-season deadlock with Republicans over the surveillance and prosecution of terrorism suspects. But officials met stiff resistance from senators and House leaders who say they refuse to give the White House a blank check. The standoff raised questions about whether Bush could unite Republicans on his anti-terror agenda before November's midterm elections. Vice President Dick Cheney and White House Chief of Staff Josh Bolten appealed to Senate Republicans to pass legislation that would let Bush begin prosecuting terrorism suspects. The legislation also would limit the circumstances under which a government interrogator could be prosecuted for mistreating a detainee. The administration also is pressing separate legislation that would let it track people by electronic surveillance. Several versions of that legislation are expected to advance through the Senate and House Judiciary Committees this week. They would give legal status to the controversial surveillance program, as well as impose new rules and congressional oversight. White House: speech not partisan The White House quarreled with Democrats on Tuesday over whether President Bush was trying to win political points by using a Sept. 11 anniversary speech to defend the war in Iraq and his war on terror. Bush spokesman Tony Snow said although there were "three or four sentences" in the president's 17-minute address Monday night that could be considered controversial, Bush took pains not to be partisan. He said Bush had to discuss the dominant issue of Iraq, but he wasn't "picking fights" or making any demands of Congress.
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