Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) says it all. It’s official, George Bush and Alberto Gonzales now have the legal authority to spy on you and I without a warrant at any time.
The vote was as follows:Yea:227 Nay:183
There were a number of Democrats who voted for President Bush and against the American people and our civil liberties. Here’s the final vote tally. It’s unlikely there’s anyone around in our representatives’ offices at this time, but you can find their contact information here.
Update: Nancy Pelosi has written a letter to John Conyers asking him to amend the FISA bill:
Speaker Pelosi said that S. 1927, the bill passed tonight by the House to temporally amend FISA for six-months, after H.R. 3356, the Improving Foreign Intelligence Surveillance to Defend Our Nation and Our Constitution Act bill failed last night, contains many provisions that are unacceptable and she does not believe that the American people will want to wait that long before corrective action is taken. In a letter to Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, Jr. and Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Silvestre Reyes, Speaker Pelosi requested that the Committees report to the House “as soon as possible after Congress reconvenes,” legislation to amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA).
OMG … when did this come up? It’s a never ending battle to keep up with current events these days. I love the way the shuffle her away from the mic too. Speak the truth and get silenced/ridiculed.
Comment by eric on August 6, 2007 at 10:14 am
We need to be calling/talking to these members of congress. We need to find people in both Dem and Repub parties to run against incumbants to get new blood in. Even if the new blood is not perfect, at least they won’t have years of payoffs and manipulation by lobbying groups and big money.
We need to be ready for 2008, and it starts now.
There is no way Dems (as opposition party) should have supported this. Just as there is no way Repubs (being conservatives) should have supported this. Both parties have sold and continue to sell our country, people and rights to the highest bidders and most powerful families in our country and world.
Out with all of the bums! We need a complete replacement of all members of congress…I don’t care what party has majority…anything is better than all of these bums!
Comment by Ken on August 6, 2007 at 11:21 am