U.S. Lawmakers Agree to Guantanamo Prisoner Transfer - NYTimes.com: "WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers reached an agreement Wednesday that would allow the Obama administration to bring more terrorism suspects from the Guantanamo Bay prison to the United States to face trial.
The agreement removes one of many roadblocks the administration faces as it tries to empty the internationally condemned prison by January.
The measure will face a tough vote in the House of Representatives, which voted last week to keep suspects held at the detention centre at the U.S. naval base in Cuba off U.S. soil entirely.
Democratic negotiators from the House and Senate included the language in a $42.8 billion (26.8 billion pound) bill that would fund the Homeland Security Department for the current fiscal year over the objection of Republicans. It must still pass both chambers before President Barack Obama can sign it into law."
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