Tuesday, February 12, 2008
FISA update: Senate fails to remove retroactive immunity
Folks, it looks like the telcos and the Bushies are going to be free to spy on us to protect the fatherland against its citizens. The vote to let telco-bushco off the hook was 31-67. Roll-over play dead Democratic senators include Bayh, Inouye, Johnson, Landrieu, McCaskill, Ben Nelson, Bill Nelson, Stabenow, Feinstein, Kohl, Pryor, Rockefeller, Salazar, Carper, Mikulski, Conrad, Webb, and Lincoln. Joe Lieberman also voted against stripping retroactive immunity.
Details blogged by Matt Browner Hamlin here. A vote that will live in infamy . . . or be overturned in soon-to-come House-Senate conference (slim chance).
There's still an opportunity to make your feelings known here -- the larger bill still has not been voted on.
UPDATE: Cloture failed. Now the last hope is the house-senate conference. Be prepared to kiss the late, great Fourth Amendment goodbye.
Details blogged by Matt Browner Hamlin here. A vote that will live in infamy . . . or be overturned in soon-to-come House-Senate conference (slim chance).
There's still an opportunity to make your feelings known here -- the larger bill still has not been voted on.
UPDATE: Cloture failed. Now the last hope is the house-senate conference. Be prepared to kiss the late, great Fourth Amendment goodbye.
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