PATRIOT/USA followup: we lost in US Senate
Late last night (EDT) we lost badly in the US Senate, on all three votes. [not voting can sometimes be an indication of concientious objectors, but in the case it just looks like the geriatric set.] Vote 299 Vote 300 Vote 301 computer trespasser roving wiretap business records Bingaman (D-NM) Boxer (D-CA) Cantwell (D-WA) Cantwell (D-WA) Cantwell (D-WA) Collins (R-ME) Corzine (D-NJ) Corzine (D-NJ) Corzine (D-NJ) Dayton (D-MN) Dayton (D-MN) Dodd (D-CT) Durbin (D-IL) Feingold (D-WI) Feingold (D-WI) Feingold (D-WI) Harkin (D-IA) Harkin (D-IA) Levin (D-MI) Levin (D-MI) Levin (D-MI) Specter (R-PA) Specter (R-PA) Stabenow (D-MI) Thompson (R-TN) Wellstone (D-MN) Wellstone (D-MN) Wellstone (D-MN) [not voting] [not voting] [not voting] Domenici (R-NM) Domenici (R-NM) Domenici (R-NM) Helms (R-NC) Helms (R-NC) Helms (R-NC) Lott (R-MS) Thurmond (R-SC) Thurmond (R-SC) Thurmond (R-SC) -- William Allen Simpson Key fingerprint = 17 40 5E 67 15 6F 31 26 DD 0D B9 9B 6A 15 2C 32
Last night, in a highly unusual maneuver, the Speaker recessed the House at 10:25 pm EDT, and didn't adjourn until 8:59 am, reconvening one minute later at 9:00 am. The reason? To file a "report" from the Committee on Rules at 8:58 am, on how to handle the anti-terrorism bill. The House will now "debate" and vote on this report, even though few members of the House have actually seen the report. Even minority members of the Rules committee haven't seen the report. This may rank as one of the biggest raw power grabs in US history. -- William Allen Simpson Key fingerprint = 17 40 5E 67 15 6F 31 26 DD 0D B9 9B 6A 15 2C 32
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