WTF Is It Now?!?

GOP kills Senate bill to police fraudulent Halliburton practices
Party before country and supporting the troops II

"The contract goes to a subcontractor, which goes to another subcontractor, and a fourth-level subcontractor," said Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND). "And the payment for air-conditioning turns out to be payments to four contractors, the fourth of which puts a fan in a room."

Dorgan's bill - cosponsored by 17 Democrats and called the Honest Leadership and Accountability in Contracting Act of 2006 - was tabled by a roll call vote of 55-43, effectively rejecting the amendment. Every single Senate Republican voted against the measure to make the contracting process honest and impose penalties on those who break the law.

And screw our troops.