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House Votes For Telco Immunity; Obama Will Support?

Posted by kdawson on from the now-we-will-never-know dept.

We discussed telecom immunity yesterday ahead of the House vote. It passed by 293 votes to 129. Only one Republican voted against the bill; Democrats were evenly split. It now goes to the Senate. Reader Verteiron points out that Glenn Greenwald has up a post titled "Statement of Barack Obama supporting Hoyer FISA bill." It says that Obama will try to get the immunity provision removed, but failing that will vote for the overhauled wiretapping bill anyway. I couldn't find this on Obama's official site. Anyone seen a position from the McCain camp?

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  1. Hope and Change by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Perhaps that slogan only really means that we can hope all we want for some change, 'cause we're never going to get it.

  2. Re:Don't be so quick to judge! by R2.0 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    You are overlooking the largest reason she is speaker - money. She was an enormously successful fundraiser for the Dems, and she was imbibed hardball machine politics like mother's milk from her family in Baltimore.

    So many other democrats owed her they HAD to vote for her when she threw her hat in the ring - they owed her literally and figuratively.

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    "As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly." A. Carlson