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I voted with Russ Feingold and Chris Dodd against the motion to proceed with this FISA bill back before recess – and if you remember the Alito fight, you know where I stand on the Constitutional rights of the American people.
by John Kerry on Wed Jan 23, 2008 at 02:00:07 PM PDT
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so insistent on giving Bush what he wants????
This is unacceptable for the Majority Leader.
"People place their hand on the Bible and swear to uphold the Constitution. They don't put their hand on the Constitution and swear to uphold the Bible." --J.R.
by michael1104 on Wed Jan 23, 2008 at 02:04:41 PM PDT
...The End of America? If not, it's a real page turner. Thanks for standing up for our civil rights. We desperately need powerful advocates for constitutional protections.
[RED/GLARE]
For business reasons, I must preserve the outward sign of sanity.
--Mark Twain
by redglare on Wed Jan 23, 2008 at 02:06:14 PM PDT
Naomi Klein's The Shock Doctrine
Please, read, rec, comment on my Diary today and help out if you can! Monday is My Birthday
by Sagebrush Bob on Wed Jan 23, 2008 at 02:15:49 PM PDT
Don't give up now - you guys need to explain to we Democrats why Reid is doing this.
Do you see how frustrated we are? We see our Senate leader playing kissy-face with the GOP, and it's beyond me what rational explanation there could be for it.
You want our votes and our money - then how about some transparency when it comes to crap like what Reid is pulling?
"But your flag decal won't get you into heaven anymore"--Prine 4070+ dead Americans. Bring them home.
by Miss Blue on Wed Jan 23, 2008 at 02:11:36 PM PDT
filibuster, I hope you will not only vote with Dodd and Feingold but actually participate in the filibuster for as long as it takes to kill this.
BTW please tell Senator Reid that I wish he would use these tactics on Republicans instead of Democrats. Would be nice if he used the same rules for each party. Republicans holds on bills are honored. Democratic holds are not. Republicans are not required to actually filibuster but Democrats are.
What a waste of a majority.
No courage = No $$$ for Dems
by MO Blue on Wed Jan 23, 2008 at 02:13:39 PM PDT
I'll never vote for Reid again.
by Sagebrush Bob on Wed Jan 23, 2008 at 02:17:00 PM PDT
... then perhaps he'd be adequate as a back-bencher
on the way to 60, don't see it's yet time to cut any vote for majority leader away ... but in leadership, i'm lookin' for a coup in the caucus
Obesa cantavit
by wystler on Wed Jan 23, 2008 at 02:28:45 PM PDT
Having someone working against us from within the Democratic Party is far more harmful and dangerous than having on extra Republican.
by Sagebrush Bob on Wed Jan 23, 2008 at 02:34:07 PM PDT
Typo... Having someone working against us from within the Democratic Party is far more harmful and dangerous than having one extra Republican.
by Sagebrush Bob on Wed Jan 23, 2008 at 02:36:04 PM PDT
He aced Capitulation 101!
"We the People of the United States..." -U.S.Constitution
by elwior on Wed Jan 23, 2008 at 02:36:18 PM PDT
Beyond capitulating, by pushing through retroactive immunity, he's actually aiding and abetting the Bush crime family.
by Sagebrush Bob on Wed Jan 23, 2008 at 02:38:16 PM PDT
by pileta on Wed Jan 23, 2008 at 02:21:47 PM PDT
Please call Barack and tell him that he can return the favor of your endorsement by coming back to Capitol Hill and fighting to see immunity does not pass!!!
"A person is as free as they believe themselves to be off." - Fortune cookie
by The Termite on Wed Jan 23, 2008 at 02:29:30 PM PDT
with SC and then Super Tuesday coming up.
Neither HRC nor BHO will be cloture votes, so they do help to some degree. If the filibuster is still going on come Feb 6th, I'd like to see BOTH go help. Even though I strongly support John Edwards (who would potentially gain if Clinton and Obama came back to help), I think it is asking too much of them to abandon their campaigns at this very moment.
Instead, lets stand with Dodd, Feingold, Kennedy, and Kerry and do the right thing.
Happy little moron, Lucky little man.I wish I was a moron, MY GOD, Perhaps I am!-Spike Milligan
by polecat on Wed Jan 23, 2008 at 08:15:06 PM PDT
You may have a few detractors on this site from time-to-time, but I have always been impressed by your leadership skills. Thank you for standing with Senators Dodd and Feingold on this one.
by pine on Wed Jan 23, 2008 at 02:56:20 PM PDT
with Sen. Dodd, Feingold, et al?
"An entire credulous nation believed in Santa Claus, but Santa Claus was really the gasman." Gunter Grass
by rrheard on Wed Jan 23, 2008 at 03:08:58 PM PDT
in December they had 10 - though some supporting a filibuster were campaigning. On a cloture vote their not voting is the same as a no vote to cloture, because the rule is they need 60 votes.
by karenc on Wed Jan 23, 2008 at 03:35:08 PM PDT
They need 41 to defeat a cloture vote and being absent automatically is one of the 41 (e.g. Obama and Clinton).
Basically they need to prevent the cloture vote from taking place and prevent any business at all from taking place in the Senate.
And I think Chris Dodd is up to it. (Help him pay back his campaign debt, btw.)
by polecat on Wed Jan 23, 2008 at 08:17:07 PM PDT
wide narrow
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