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Filibuster, Filibuster,Filibuster! Those morally corrupt Republicans know on limits when it comes to fucking something up!
They filibustered and objected to all of the amendments which were included in this bill, thereby stopping any chance of this bill going forward.
As is usual for the Dumbo-crats, most were left clueless as to the tricks of the GOP and to how this happened. I said most, not all.
Russ Feingold in an email to DailyKos:
"The conduct of Senate Republicans yesterday was shameless. After weeks of insisting that it is absolutely critical to finish the FISA legislation by February 1, even going so far as to object to a one-month extension of the Protect America Act, they obstructed all efforts to actually work on the bill. Now they want to simply ram the deeply flawed Intelligence Committee bill through the Senate. They refused to allow amendments to be offered or voted on, including my straight-forward amendment to require that the government provide copies of FISA Court orders and pleadings for review in a classified setting, so that Members of Congress can understand how FISA has been interpreted and is being applied. If the Republicans succeed in cutting off debate on Monday, the Senate won't even get to vote on the amendment Senator Dodd and I want to offer to deny retroactive immunity to telecom companies that allegedly cooperated with the administration's illegal wiretapping program.
"Democrats should not allow the Republicans to ram this bill through the Senate without amendments. Monday's cloture vote will be a test of whether the majority is willing to stand up to the administration and stand up for our rights."
As I see it right now, our sorry group of Democrats are on the way to bowing down to the Bush administration once again. This should not be since the Democrats have the support of the majority of Americans.
The survey shows nearly two-thirds of poll respondents say the government should be required to get an individual warrant before listening in on conversations between US citizens and people abroad. Close to six in 10 people oppose an administration proposal to allow intelligence agencies to seek "blanket warrants" that would let them eavesdrop of foreigners for up to a year no additional judicial oversight required if the foreign suspect spoke to an American. And a majority are against a plan to give legal immunity to telecommunications companies that facilitated the Bush administration's warrantless wiretapping.
The poll also found 57 percent of likely voters opposed telecom immunity, compared to just a third who supported it.
I sometimes wonder if the majority of Democrats in the Senate approve of these bills they way that Bush wants them since they always seem to give in to his sorry ass. Are these battles over such things just a show to appease the masses?
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