Here's one you may not have been following...
... but it's important, and a battle most Dems aren't fighting, unlike SCHIP.
Back in August, Congress passed an extension/expansion of FISA that gave Bush broader spying powers (possibly because he scared them with a bogus threat on Capital Hill), but that wasn't enough for Bush. He... and his enablers... have been pushing for retroactive immunity for the telecoms who broke the law (or, let's be real, the Constitution) in turning over Americans' records without warrants.
And it was looking sure to pass, too, but today Christopher Dodd said "No" and put a hold on this awful bill.
Thank you, sir.
ETA: Harry Reid is gonna bypass Dodd's hold. Dude, wtf? Could it be the money Reid gets from AT&T? (I'm getting all this from FDL, which is all over this story.)
Back in August, Congress passed an extension/expansion of FISA that gave Bush broader spying powers (possibly because he scared them with a bogus threat on Capital Hill), but that wasn't enough for Bush. He... and his enablers... have been pushing for retroactive immunity for the telecoms who broke the law (or, let's be real, the Constitution) in turning over Americans' records without warrants.
And it was looking sure to pass, too, but today Christopher Dodd said "No" and put a hold on this awful bill.
Thank you, sir.
ETA: Harry Reid is gonna bypass Dodd's hold. Dude, wtf? Could it be the money Reid gets from AT&T? (I'm getting all this from FDL, which is all over this story.)