From Chris Dodd
by matt at 6:00 am on July 2nd, 2008 in 2008 Presidential, War on TerrorFor the last nine months, when retroactive immunity has surfaced, we have been able to delay its passage.
We were able to stop it in December because I had an army behind me.
Two months later, it stalled again — this time in the House.
And last week, we managed to delay action one last time.
But when the Senate returns from the July 4th recess, we will vote on FISA legislation that includes retroactive immunity for telecom companies that may have illegally helped the Bush administration spy without warrant.
It’s a bad bill and we need action to stop retroactive immunity from becoming law.
I’ve introduced an amendment with Senator Feingold to strip immunity from the bill.
This amendment has the support of Majority Leader Reid and Senator Obama, but it needs 51 votes to pass.
Will you sign on as a citizen co-sponsor of our amendment?
Together, we can prevent this assault on our Constitution.
Let’s do it one more time. With your help, we can stop the further erosion of the rule of law.
We’ll be in touch soon.
Chris Dodd
If only our nominee had any stones…
MsJoanne wrote:
I have called Russ Feingold daily asking him to put a hold on this bill if it winds up sucking as badly as it does now.
Call your Senators and ask them to do the same.
The right has done this against The People for how long now? It’s about time that they put holds on bills FOR us.
Contact all your reps here (phone, fax, and email info. Just click on your state):
http://www.visi.com/juan/congress/
Posted 02 Jul 2008 at 1:48 pm ¶
matt wrote:
a hold isn’t going to help at this point. only high profile leadership. shame we have a shortage of that.
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/6/28/14202/2303
Posted 02 Jul 2008 at 2:00 pm ¶
MsJoanne wrote:
Shortage indeed. Virtually nonexistent.
Posted 02 Jul 2008 at 3:26 pm ¶
tom wrote:
Democrats are all punk bitches. I am more disappointed than I thought I would be that the whole party wasnt ripped apart by this primary.
Posted 03 Jul 2008 at 5:52 pm ¶