 Specter joined the Democrats in supporting the bill, which the Committee passed on a vote of 11 to 8, without debate.The bill would restore the right for Guantanamo captives to access the US court system under the principle of habeas corpus, a right that had been stripped from them by the Military Commissions Act of 2006.A version of the bill has been introduced in the House of Representatives () by Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and Jane Harman (D-CA).