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The surveillance scam
Cato Institute by Timothy B. Lee 02/08/08 Why are today’s Democrats less concerned with civil liberties than Republicans were a decade ago? Democratic leaders would doubtless point to the 9/11 attacks.... ...
Parliamentary Snarl Delays Senate Rewrite of Surveillance Law
According to Tim Starks, Congressional Quarterly, "The Senate may be forced to postpone until much later this week any roll-call votes on amendments to a bill to overhaul electronic surveillance rules,... ...
Telecom Immunity Should Be a Campaign Issue
Ari Melber writes for The Nation: "President Bush is now daring Congress to defy his demand for more unchecked power to spy on Americans without warrants, vowing to veto temporary surveillance legislation... ...
Veto of Wiretap Measure Is Threatened
The Washington Post's Dan Eggen says, "The White House warned Democratic leaders yesterday that President Bush would veto a proposal to extend an expiring surveillance law by 30 days, saying that Congress... ...
Tell the FCC and Congress You Support Net Neutrality
We got the heads up from John Laesch, Democratic candidate in the special election to replace Dennis Hastert in IL-14. The FCC has made provision for comments from the public on net neutrality, and on... ...
Democratic Leaders Delay Contempt Again
Truthout's Matt Renner reports, "Nearly seven months after the House Judiciary Committee voted to hold Bush administration officials in contempt of Congress, the Democratic leadership has again delayed... ...
As Congress Talks Stimulus, Labor Leaders Fear Losing Their Voice
Jeffrey H. Birnbaum of The Washington Post says, "Organized labor, a fundamental constituency of the Democratic Party, is unhappy about lots of things these days, even though Democrats are in the majority... ...
Could Congress Be Waking Up?
In The New York Times, Thomas E. Mann, Molly Reynolds and Nigel Holmes say, "Amid the clamor of the presidential campaign, it's sometimes easy to forget that all 435 House seats and 35 of the Senate's... ...
House Democrats Target Bolten, Miers
Dan Eggen and Jonathan Weisman of The Washington Post report, "In its first couple of weeks after it returns tomorrow, the House is likely to take up contempt-of-Congress resolutions against White House... ...
Time To Win The Fight Against Telecom Immunity Again, Please Speak Out Now
Before the holiday break, in defiance of the perverse decision by Harry Reid to bring forward the version of the FISA bill with telecom immunity, and thanks to your voices and leadership of Senator Dodd,... ...