According to the Washington Post the proposal has been dropped, and replaced by one which would allow suspects to be detained indefinitely, without trial, at the whim of the immigration authorities.
According to the official site the amendment passed on a voice vote. So all of the screaming was worth it. The cockroaches scuttled when the light was turned on.
Where have we reached, where this is a victory? Is there any Republican in congress today who could, with a straight face, read out these sentences? We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.–That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men” The italics are mine.
I can’t resist adding one marvellous amendment which was accepted: “An amendment numbered five printed in House Report 108-751 to establish a ‘zero tolerance’ policy towards the unlawful importation, possession, or transfer of shoulder fired guided missiles (MANPADS), atomic weapons, dirty bombs, and variola (smallpox) virus by making their unauthorized possession a federal crime carrying stiff mandatory penalties.”
I know the gun control laws are a little lax, but was it really legal up till now for private citizens to possess atomic weapons?