Senator Kennedy just pointed out that Bush says FISA must be changed to save American lives. But Bush also says he will veto any FISA bill without immunity.

Kennedy:
"No immunity -- no FISA bill. If we take the President at his word, HE IS WILLING TO LET AMERICANS DIE TO PROTECT THE PHONE COMPANY!"

ETA: Here's a flowchart of what has/could ( Read more... )

The vote for cloture (ending debate) was 76-10.

Infuriating and anti-climactic. Welcome to the "Democratic majority."

ETA 1:46pm EST: Speeches ongoing in support of/against an amendment removing immunity from the bill. But I shan't be around to see it, so update in comments if anything changes ( Read more... )

Harry Reid is going to bring to the floor of the Senate a bill that would grant retroactive immunity to telecoms for spying on Americans without warrants since 2001 -- before 9-11.

The Honorable Senator Christopher Dodd is going to filibuster that bill. Kennedy and Feingold are on board, (they can ask questions up to twenty minutes long so Dodd ( Read more... )

... but according to DKos, a recount has been called in Yellowstone County, so there won't be official results until morning. (Tester was ahead in that county when the recount was called.)

Currently at CNN.com:

Democrat Tester 144,544 49%
Republican Burns (Incumbent) 140,547 48%

Meanwhile, here are the latest Virginia numbers:

J H ( Read more... )

With a margin of 25,000 votes and 85% reporting, Claire McCaskill (D-Missouri) is giving her victory speech ( Read more... )

CNN is projecting that Bob Corker (R) will beat Harold Ford, Jr. (D) in Tennessee. Feh. Racism wins again ( Read more... )

From Political Wire:
"Democrats are holding at least narrow leads in enough key Republican Senate seats to gain control," a Reuters/Zogby poll shows ( Read more... )