That’s my senator
The hero of the day is Senator Chris Dodd, as he stopped the Senate from approving retroactive immunity for the telecom companies, at least for now:
Throughout the day Senator Dodd stood on the Senate floor and spoke out against the Bush administration’s abuse of executive powers. He spoke out against granting retroactive immunity for telecom companies who helped the Bush administration spy on Americans without warrant – noting that if we grant immunity now, we may never know the full extent of what happened behind closed doors and what arguments were used to justify warrantless surveillance.
For now, the FISA debate is over. It will come up again down the road, but for now everyone who supported Senator Dodd’s leadership against retroactive immunity and supported his promise to filibuster should be proud of their work to defend the Constitution and the rule of law.
See some of Senator Dodd’s floor speech here.
And yes, it does feel odd to actually be proud of a politician. If only the rest of the Democratic party could follow Dodd’s example.
I’m not holding my breath though.
I dont always agrre with Dodd, but yeah, it was nice to be pleased rather than horrified, for a change.
I got to call Leiberman’s office this morning and ask how Joe was going to vote. The first time they hung up on me. Nice. The second time I was told that Joe hadn’t issued a comment yet. I told them what I thought about that. I’m surprsied they didn’t hang up on me again.
Comment made by LAG on December 17, 2007 @ 10:40 pm
I never even bother with trying to contact Leiberman, since on most of these issues I already know how he’s going to vote, and I don’t think he gives a damn what his constituents actually think. Sounds like his office acts like their boss.
Comment made by Michael on December 17, 2007 @ 10:47 pm