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Dodd, Feingold To Try and Filibuster Immunity Bill

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the battling-the-inevitable dept.

shma writes "This morning the senate has a scheduled cloture vote to cut off debate on the FISA bill which grants retroactive immunity to telecoms who engaged in warrantless wiretapping. Senators Russ Feingold and Christopher Dodd have pledged to try and filibuster the bill, but require the vote of 40 senators to keep the filibuster alive. The article states that a similar 'threatened filibuster failed in February, when the Senate passed a measure that granted amnesty and largely legalized the President's secret warrantless wiretapping programs.' Should they lose the cloture vote, the bill is all but assured of passing. A proposed amendment stripping the immunity provision from the bill is also expected to fail."

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  1. God Bless by bzudo · · Score: -1, Troll

    America!* *with wiretaps.

  2. Re:Call by Prune · · Score: -1, Troll

    it should be the job of every /.er to write to their local newspaper

    You crudely assume that every slashdotter is located in the USA.

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  3. taco: who cares? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    taco - you might find this stuff interesting but I bet most of your international audience couldn't care less! Read your own top line - "news for nerds - stuff that matters". Why is the latest in the US wiretapping saga news worthy from a nerd perspective? Please think of your international audience before you post drivel like this again.

  4. Bought like whores by FreeUser · · Score: 0, Troll

    and I most emphatically include Obama, McCain and Clinton in that assessment.

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  5. Bush is a genius... by Mick+Malkemus · · Score: -1, Troll

    Whatever you think of Bush, in the area of being able to avoid punishment for all of his wrongdoings, he is a pure genius. This is just one more law that will help protect all war criminals in the Bush Admin after he is gone. Well, at least in the US. I doubt it will help him in the Hague. Please, no spamming by Bushites... I understand you love and adore the man no matter what he does. I accept your right to be this way.

  6. Re:So will Obama be there? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Gore didn't lose. The five Fascist Supreme Court justices ordered Florida to not count votes, thereby throwing the election to the Fascist party candidate.

  7. Re:Obama by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Which is the worst move he could make. If he wants to present himself as a leader, he needs to show leadership on such an important issue. He's done nothing so far on this, and many other issues. I can't think of a bill which has Obama's name attached. If you like his legislation or not, at least McCain has done something - McCain-Feingold, McCain-Lieberman... If you don't know what you're talking about, you probably shouldn't talk. Obama helped passed the largest lobbiest reform bill, created "Google for government", aka www.usaspending.gov, expanded funding for securing and deactivating nuclear weapons, passed a bill (originally very unpopular with police) to require that all interrogations with murder suspects be video taped, and many other pieces of important legislation (overview here: http://obsidianwings.blogs.com/obsidian_wings/2006/10/barack_obama.html)

    I guess at least part of your post was correct...

    I can't think...