Politico reports:
The second-ranking House Democrat signaled Tuesday that the White House is reconsidering a plan to move Guantanamo detainees to a prison in northwest Illinois.
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) said he agrees that the Obama administration should reassess the plan to move terrorist suspects from the Cuba military base to Thomson Correctional Facility in the state's northwest corner.
"I think the administration realizes that this is a difficult issue," Hoyer said, speaking at his weekly meeting with Capitol Hill reporters." And I think that they are assessing where they are and where they think we ought to be, and I think that's appropriate and I look forward to discussing it with them."
Congress would have to appropriate such funds, which could prove a stumbling block for the White House plans. Republicans have been largely unified in opposition to the prison move, and Democrats such as Illinois Rep. Melissa Bean have joined along.
Gov. Patrick Quinn, who faces a tough primary election today, joined Durbin in backing the unpopular relocation.
Hat tip to Capitol Fax.
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