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Tuesday, December 18, 2007

we have two senators in connecticut

a halfway (well a little bit more than halfway) decent one, chris dodd and of course the OTHER one, da liebs (who is a steamin' pile)
(now if all of 'em, including dodd can grow a set an filibuster against ALL of king george's crap, THEN we'd have some representation)

Dodd's filibuster threat scuttles immunity in Senate, for now
Nick Juliano
Senate to return to controversial FISA update after new year
After nearly 10 hours of discussion Monday, the Senate decided to delay a final vote on a controversial domestic spying bill until the new year, under the threat of a protracted filibuster from Sen. Chris Dodd.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid spent the afternoon Monday huddling with Senate leaders and fellow Democrats to try to work out a deal over an update to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. As the FISA update was written, it included a provision for legal immunity to telecommunications companies that facilitated a warrantless wiretapping scheme that Dodd and other Democrats said was illegal...........

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