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Telecom Immunity

Pelosi Blocks Bush From Calling Congress Into Session Over FISA

Politico | John Bresnahan | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's (D-Nev.) mistrust of President Bush is really well known and runs deep. Fearing a recess appointment by Bush duri...

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Bush Warns of Attacks While Backing Bill

AP | DEB RIECHMANN | Posted 06.25.2008 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — President Bush, at loggerheads with House Democrats over how closely the government can eavesdrop on U.S. citizens, warned Wednesda...

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McCain And Obama Hug It Out On Senate Floor

Washington Post's The Trail | Shailagh Murray | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Sen. John McCain crossed the aisle in the Senate this morning to shake hands with Sen. Barack Obama, just a couple of political foes killing time duri...

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Senate OKs New Rules on Eavesdropping

AP | PAMELA HESS | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — The Senate on Tuesday approved new rules for government eavesdropping on phone calls and e-mails, giving the White House much of th...

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Reid On Clinton And Obama: "I Need Them Back"

Political Radar | Byron Wolf | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Senate Democrats held a special meeting Thursday to decide on two bills both with a deadline of February 15. In between now and then...is Super Tuesda...

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GOP Effort To Force FISA Vote Fails

TPMmuckraker | Paul Kiel | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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The fight goes on. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's (R-KY) cloture vote failed 48-45 just now, well short of the 60 votes necessary. In the ...

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Reid Issues Ultimatum: More Time Or No Wiretaps

The Huffington Post | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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At a State of the Union preview speech today at the National Press Club, Majority Leader Harry Reid issued a dramatic ultimatum to President Bush: eit...

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Sam Stein

Feingold Rips Edwards Again, Urges Dem Candidates To Take On Rove

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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As one of Congress' foremost progressive figures, Sen. Russ Feingold is a coveted endorsement for any of the Democratic presidential nominees. But if ...

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Sam Stein

Feingold: "I Really Do Disagree" With Reid On FISA

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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A long-debated provision over whether or not telephone companies would get a free pass for aiding the U.S. government in warrentless surveillance hits...

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Sam Stein

Momentum Builds For Dodd Run At Majority Leader

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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As the political season reaches its Iowa caucus climax, momentum is building for Sen. Chris Dodd to parlay his presidential campaign into a bid to cha...

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Reid Considers Extending Protect America Act For One Month

The Hill | Manu Raju | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) said Tuesday he would seek to extend a controversial interim wiretapping law through February to avoid the ea...

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Alberto Gonzales Defense Fund: Where To Send The Money

Washington Post | Dan Eggen | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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The contribution form distributed by Leitch asks that donations be sent to a post office box in Alexandria. Leitch said in an e-mail yesterday that th...

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After Gonzales: Bush Promises To Rebuild Justice Department

AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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President Bush welcomed Michael Mukasey back into government Wednesday and promised to help the new attorney general rebuild the top leadership of the...

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Alberto Gonzales Defense Fund Begins

Washington Post | Dan Eggen | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Supporters of former attorney general Alberto R. Gonzales have created a trust fund to help pay for his legal expenses, which are mounting in the face...

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2nd Day On Job: Mukasey Threatens Veto Over Dem Warrantless Spying Bill

CNN | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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In his second day on the job, Attorney General Michael Mukasey leaped into the political fray, telling a key Democratic senator he opposes his electro...

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Feinstein Now Backs Immunity For Telecoms Involved In Warrantless Spying

San Francisco Chronicle | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Sen. Dianne Feinstein said Thursday that she favors legal immunity for telecommunications companies that allegedly shared millions of customers' telep...

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Dodd Launches Citizens' Operation To Oppose Telecom Wiretapping Immunity

DailyKos | Matt Browner Hamlin | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Yesterday the Dodd campaign launched a Citizen Generated Whip Count operation on the Senate Judiciary Committee's position on retroactive immunity. So...

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Dems Make Deal With Bush To Give Telecoms Immunity For Wiretapping

New York Times | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Leaders of the Senate Intelligence Committee reached a tentative agreement on Wednesday with the Bush administration that would give telephone carrier...

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Specter Gets A Spine: No Retroactive Immunity for Telecoms

TPM Muckraker | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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As the ACLU worries that Senate Democrats in the intelligence committee will give retroactive immunity to telephone companies for collaborating with...

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