Dodd's Filibuster Threat Stalls Wiretap Bill

Posted by kdawson on Monday December 17, 2007 @02:56PM 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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Let him know how you feel by Faaln · 2007-12-17 15:24 · Score: 0, Redundant

If you feel strongly enough about this, send him a message; let him know how you feel about it. And if you're like me, you'll let him know how much you appreciate that he has some balls. http://dodd.senate.gov/index.php?q=node/3128&cat=Opinion