WASHINGTON, July 27 (Xinhuanet) -- The US Democratic Party is calling for the Sept.11 Commission to keep working beyond its end date of Aug. 26 to make sure its recommended reforms are put in place, party officials said on Tuesday.

    The Congress could extend the commission's authority or perhapsit could get funding from a private source, said Allison Dobson, spokeswoman of Democratic party chief John Kerry.

    "Either way, obviously, the president would need to show leadership to make it happen," Dobson said.

    The 10-member 9/11 Commission issued its final report on July 22. Under legislation that President Bush signed in March, the panel is to formally dissolve on Aug. 26.

    The commission's recommendations included creating a new intelligence center and cabinet-level intelligence director. An intelligence-gathering center would bring a unified command to themore than dozen agencies that now collect and analyze intelligence.

    Presidential candidate John Kerry has urged the Bush administration to act quickly on all of the recommendations. He also expressed the hope that the commission keep working for another year and a half to assess progress on its recommendations.

    Al Felzenberg, spokesman for the Sept. 11 Commission, said Tuesday that Chairman of the Commission Thomas Kean supported the idea of the panel having additional time to continue its work.

    "He hoped there would be some way to continue to speak out and take our case to Congress and the American public,'' Felzenberg said. Enditem