Road Map: Torture Controversy Silencing Everything Else

• By Emily Pierce and Tory Newmyer
• Roll Call Staff
• May 19, 2009, Midnight

So much for looking forward.
Instead of talking up their grand plans for changing the direction of the country and moving past the partisan bitterness, Congressional Democrats can’t seem to get out of this debate over the harsh interrogations of terror suspects during President George W. Bush’s first term.