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Dodd's Filibuster Threat Stalls Wiretap Bill

Posted by kdawson on from the talk-until-blue-in-the-face dept.

otakuj462 sends in an important followup to this morning's story on telecom immunity legislation. "Senator Chris Dodd won a temporary victory today after his threats of a filibuster forced Democratic leadership to push back consideration of a measure that would grant immunity to telecom companies that were complicit in warrantless surveillance... [T]he threat of Dodd's filibuster... persuaded Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-NV, to table the act until January. A compromise on the immunity will ostensibly be worked out in the interim period."

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  1. The Dodd Gambit by Paradise+Pete · · Score: 5, Funny

    The Dodd Gambit is a success.
    And as he reluctantly tabled the bill. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid was heard muttering "Dodd Gambit" under his breath.

  2. Re:DoS against Democracy by unsigned+integer · · Score: 3, Funny

    >Yes, and a pine is not a plant - it's a tree.

    I'm pretty sure it's also not an elm.

  3. Re:Mod parent up! by cold+fjord · · Score: 3, Funny


    Try this instead of money: Punishing companies for assisting the President acting within the scope of his Article II powers to protect the lives of Americans from terrorist attacks is bad policy and stupid politics.

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    much of left-wing thought is a kind of playing with fire by people who don't even know that fire is hot - George Orwell