Surveillance Vote Delayed

The Hill:

The Senate hit impasses over legislation aimed at helping struggling homeowners and a rewrite of spying laws, forcing Democratic leaders to push back consideration of those measures until next month.

Leaders had hoped to finish both measures this week, in addition to an emergency war-spending bill and a Medicare bill, before lawmakers return home by week's end. Both bills have wide support, but in each case, individual senators have refused to let the measures speed through the chamber. As a result, they were forced to lower the bar for this week's action.

Democrats also threatened to keep the Senate in session through the weekend if Republicans didn't agree to move quickly with the Medicare bill.

Read the whole story: The Hill

Comments

[walk0nwalls]

This one deserved two comments

GO FEINGOLD!!

[walk0nwalls]

FEINGOLD IN THE FREAKING HOUSE (well not the house, but the Senate but, come on you know what i mean...)

[mindlessmissy]

And the Hero of the Day award goes to ...

[Jennysaypa]

What an absolute stud!

Senator you are the best and we're not going to waste the extra time you bought us. The cavalry is coming! I've registered fisabums.com and we're going to wack this doggie of a bill or everyone who votes for it is going to pay with their jobs.

You have had an excellent grasp on all the issues related to civil liberties and terrorism since day one. I still remember that Constituion is not a suicde pact speech. Excellent stuff. I remember well your work on Somalia and Africa as well. Keep it up!

[cyndeewi]

I love my senator. I hope that he runs for President. He beats Obama hands down. He has always stood up for what is right regardless of what anyone calls him.

[walk0nwalls]

That's kind of exactly why he CAN'T run for president.­.. haha

/end cynicism

[blackjack]

I just wish that my SENATORS here in Maryland had RUSS FEINGOLD guts and respect for the CONSTITUTION AND THE BILL OF RIGHTS. RUSS shold be on the SUPREAM COURT.

[buckygreen]

I would crawl over nine miles of broken glass to vote for My Senator Russ Feingold for anything.

http://www.progressivepatriotsfund.com/

[GPRogueCowboy]

HOOOO YAAAAA !
Maybe enough Senators will realize they may have been subject of the REPUBLICAN Spying.
We need to Lift the CURTAIN on what really happen and to Whom.

[wagadog]

Russ you Rock! Yay!

[RRonin]

None of these laws are cast in stone. Next year, it can ALL be on the table, including PROSECUTION of the telecoms instead of lawsuits. I can't wait.

[BEHM777]

Thank you Senator Feingold. Maybe in '09 you guys can redo the Patriot Act and make it live up to its name!

[nellie]

Russ Feingold is the only senator to vote against the patriot act, probably because he was the only senator who read it. We had plenty of security before 911, if Bush had only done his job instead of sitting back and then letting disaster shape our legislation for the next seven years.

Feingold is a true patriot.

[westreal]

Feingold is my hero. Can we have him as president instead of Obama?

[BEHM777]

No, but you can move to WI and vote for him next time he runs. How's that?

[stlrfan]

But for a few patriots..­.thank you Russ and God bless.

[Buckywunder]

A worthy successor (by a coupla generations) to Fighting Bob La Follette (even Keith Olbermann has invoked Fighting Bob's name)!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Lafollette

[darthdarcy]

Give'em Hell Russell..w­ay to go..

We have to fight to keep our Rights..th­ere can be no "compromise" with the Rights of the American people or our Constitution and Bill of Rights..

[closetodemfection]

I received an email a few days ago from HC about this. It said:

"In the weeks to come, I will continue to work with my colleagues to pass an improved bill, one that takes the needed steps to defend our homeland while also defending and respecting our Constitution, our laws, and our privacy."

They must have known they were delaying the bill or why else would she have said:

"In the weeks to come...."

[SanityClaus]

You are correct.

[nellie]

I don't like the word "homeland.­' Why can't politicians just say "our country"?

[midknightryder13]

Yes, am I the only one who thinks it's just one step removed from "The Fatherland­."?