No surprise; Feingold filibuster fails
The Senate has passed the Patriot Act renewal 96-3, despite a valiant effort by Sen. Russ Feingold to force more meaningful changes.
Only Jim Jeffords, the Independent, and Democrat Robert Byrd voted with him. It's a vote that will be remembered, and all three will be proud of, in years to come. When the Patriot Act first passed, Feingold cast the only vote against it.
AP reports.
Feingold will be on the season premiere of HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher tonight at 10 p.m. CST. (Repeats on Monday, Feb. 20, at 7 p.m.CST.). They've cover a variety of topics, including the PATRIOT Act.
UPDATE: The Wisconsin State Journal, Madison's conservative newspaper, editorializes:
... the Senate should listen to Wisconsin's Russ Feingold and amend the Patriot Act to rein in the authority of government agents to snoop through citizens' medical, library and business records, to break into homes and to use gag orders to keep such activities secret.
posted by xoff @ 9:31 PM
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4 Comments:
Thank God.
I am sure just like Russ, Vidkun Quisling thought he was doing the right thing. Hopefully history will judge Feingold as harshly as Quisling
Calling Feingold a traitor is juuust a little overboard. In our democracy, one is still entitled to vote his conscience.
Anyone who disagrees with President Bush is a traitor -- didn't you know that? It must be true, because I read it on the Internet.
P.S. Traitor!
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