Harry Reid has announced that he will put forward the FISA bill from the intelligence committee, the one with few protections and teleco immunity.
I don’t know why he is choosing George W. Bush over the constitution of the United States, though I think it may have something to do with the fact that he’s gotten a lot of campaign donations from them.
He is also refusing to recognize Chris Dodd’s hold on the bill, which means that Dodd will have to actually filibuster.
I’m not sure why. After all he allowed Neanderthal Tom Coburn to block an investigation of the brutal racist murder of Emmett Till and other unsolved racial crimes.
In any case, Chris Dodd is reminding Senators Clinton and Obama of their promise to support his filibuster.
A Letter from Dodd Campaign:
Dear Tim, Today, that FISA fight we’ve all been waiting for begins — and it’s time to separate the leaders from the capitulators.
In a few hours, Majority Leader Harry Reid will ask for something called a “motion to proceed” on FISA, effectively disregarding Chris Dodd’s “hold” on the bill.
It’s unfortunate that he chose to go this route, to introduce a bill including retroactive immunity when another route could have been chosen just as easily.
So … that means Chris Dodd will start by introducing an amendment to strip retroactive immunity out of the bill.
But if that doesn’t work, he will do all he can to stop this bill that threatens our security, and that may include a “filibuster.”
Remember when this all started playing out? A lot of people rushed to send out strongly worded press releases about how committed they were to “supporting a filibuster.”
They’ll have a chance to show they are true to their word.
Call or email the Senators that pledged their opposition to this bill to support the Dodd Amendment and a filibuster if necessary. And ask them to be there with Dodd when it counts.
http://chrisdodd.com/filibuster
You don’t demonstrate leadership in the footnotes of a press release, or parroting responses from focus groups.
Leadership is demonstrated through action.
Tim Tagaris
Chris Dodd for President
Hillary I expect to stick to her word, Obama, I expect him to miss the vote.