Tuesday, December 18, 2007

chris dodd filibuster

Monday marks the day where one man, Chris Dodd, will defend your 4th
amendment right to privacy (link). Let's pray that our congress stands
with him. Give Carper and Biden a call in support. From FDL (link):
...
Chris Dodd filibusters against telcom immunity and FISA today, and
it looks like telcom Harry is poised to smack him down. Show Chris
some love. Tell your Senator to help him. Tell telcom Harry to go
Cheney himself, but politely. ...
As we know, Chris Dodd has stepped
up with his intention to filibuster the bill because of the
retroactive telecom immunity provision contained within the bill Harry
Reid has brought to the floor. Floor speeches on the matter are ...
A
couple of months ago, we blogged about Chris Dodd first announcing his
intention to filibuster any FISA bill that protected corporate America
and not individual civil liberties. Well, this is the week the FISA
bill hits the floor ...
Chris Dodd is set to take to the senate floor
in the morning regarding the FISA bill, and not yield. According to
his website, Senator Dodd will leave the campaign trail in Iowa to
return to Washington on Monday to speak on the floor ...
Senator Dodd
has pledged to fillibuster, but he needs the support of other
Senators. Pledges have been made to assist by Joe Biden:. San
Francisco: 'Will you join Sen. Chris Dodd's hold and proposed
filibuster on any FISA bill that ...
Yeah, that was FDR's line, after
the attack at Pearl Harbor, but it could take a secondary spot in
posterity, depending on how effective Senator Chris Dodd's heroic
filibuster goes today, in his almost singular effort to stop the Bush
...
In a time that seems to lack an ounce of leadership by Democratic
or even progressive leaders, Dodd again is showing what a honorable
and principled man he truly is. He will filibuster today, in the old
sense (not just threatening it) ...
So if that's the way Harry Reid
wants to play it, Chris Dodd is going to use parliamentary procedure
as well-to filibuster the SIC version of the bill. Thank the deity of
your choice for a Democrat who not only represents Democratic
...
Chris Dodd has asked for a 'hold' on the FISA bills -- a request
that is almost always honored in the Senate's odd tradition. This
time, however, Reid feels the need to go forward NOW, despite the fact
that the current abominable FISA ...
On a conference call with
reporters just moments ago, Chris Dodd's deputy campaign manager, Amos
Hochstein, just vowed that the Senator will filibuster the Senate FISA
bill containing telecom immunity later this afternoon for as long as
...
Watch Sen. Dodd's filibuster live. Option for Windows Media Player
or RealPlayer.
You couldn't ask for a better demonstration of the
manifest failures of Democratic leadership in the Senate than the fact
that Chris Dodd plans to lead a filibuster against a lousy bill that
Harry Reid insists on bringing to the floor. ...
Senator Chris Dodd is
going forward with plans for a filibuster Monday when the bad FISA
revision bill comes up for debate. Bottom line: The Senate must reject
the House Intelligence Committee bill's with provisions for telecom
immunity ...
We'll use this thread for ongoing commentary on today's
events in the Senate involving the FISA 'debate' and the Dodd
filibuster, including whether there are any sightings of (or comments
from) the Leadership-endowed (and thus far ...
Today, Chris Dodd
starts his filibuster to protect the US Constitution. He will take a
stand against retroactive immunity for telecommunications companies
who collaborated with President Bush to trample on the 4th amendment
and spy on ...
Senator Dodd has pledged to fillibuster, but he needs
the support of other Senators. Pledges have been made to assist by Joe
Biden:. San Francisco: 'Will you join Sen. Chris Dodd's hold and
proposed filibuster on any FISA bill that ...

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