US Commission on Civil Rights will Not Discuss Bush Record Until After Election

The United States Commission on Civil Rights voted on Friday to wait until after next month's election to discuss a report critical of the Bush administration's civil rights record. Republican members had objected to the report's timing. The report remains posted on the commission's Web site (http://www.usccr.gov/), despite objections from Republican commissioners. The report says Mr. Bush "has neither exhibited leadership on pressing civil rights issues, nor taken actions that matched his words" on the subject. It finds fault with Mr. Bush's funding requests for civil rights enforcement; his positions on voting rights, educational opportunity and affirmative action; and his actions against hate crimes. [more ]

• Republicans Don't Want Report Released. Instead of addressing the substance of the Report,  Republicans criticize the process they voted for allowing preliminary findings to be released  Similarly, rather than discussing the substance of the report the New York Times engages in a neutered discussion of  the Commission [here ]