FISA: Sounds good to me
by mcjoan
Fri Mar 14, 2008 at 05:05:58 PM PDT
The Washington Post writes about House vote, "Ignoring Bush Demands." But that's not the good part. This is:
The House's action ensures that Bush will not receive surveillance legislation for several weeks. But some lawmakers from both parties said the impasse is now so deep that the issue may not be resolved until a new president takes office next year.
Bush and Republican lawmakers have shown no desire to move further toward the House Democratic leaders' position, and the Democrats are showing no sign of buckling under the mounting political pressure.
That's a fine resolution to this mess. We're just as safe now as we were 28 days ago when the PAA was in effect and the Constitution remains intact. Let's just keep it that way.
Update: Here's one of our really good guys, Joe Courtney who stood up to a barrage of Republican attacks in his district, on today's win:
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