Klobuchar caved on critical FISA vote this week
Friday, June 27, 2008 at 4:36 pm
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The US Senate has yet to vote on the FISA Amendments Act, which grants immunity to telecoms for any illegalities they commit in the service of government intelligence-gathering and expands executive branch powers over surveillance (previous item); Slashdot reported earlier today that the vote won’t occur until after the July recess.
But as firedoglake pointed out, the most crucial Senate vote on the FISA bill happened on Wednesday of this week, when the Senate voted to invoke cloture–a parliamentary step that prevents Democratic opponents of the bill led by Chris Dodd and Russ Feingold from stopping it via filibuster.
The Big E at MnBlue notes that Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar provided one of the Democratic votes for cloture. She was hardly alone; only 14 Democrats and one independent voted against the measure. That roll call: Biden (D-DE), Boxer (D-CA), Brown (D-OH), Cantwell (D-WA), Dodd (D-CT), Durbin (D-IL), Feingold (D-WI), Harkin (D-IA), Kerry (D-MA), Lautenberg (D-NJ), Leahy (D-VT), Menendez (D-NJ), Sanders (I-VT), Schumer (D-NY) and Wyden (D-OR).
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Comment posted June 30, 2008 @ 12:44 am
What a week for Minnesota’s junior senator! Not only did she vote to end debate on the horribly flawed FISA bill. She also voted (along with Republican Norm Coleman) to send another $162 BILLION dollars to the tragic and failed occupation of Iraq. And, if that wasn’t enough, she signed on as cosponsor for a resolution that would make a naval blockade around Iran. That, of course, is a provocative act of war. And it also makes a good set-up for a false flag operation which the U.S. could use as a pretext for attack.
Certainly, it makes sense for Republican Coleman to support such a warlike and dangerous measure; provoking war with Iran is probably the only way that the Republicans can retain the White House and stem the losses in Congress. But what does a Democratic Senator have to gain by pushing the United States to yet another horrible war based on Bush’s lies?
Sadly, some who voted for Klobuchar thought they were getting a Democrat. Some even thought that she wanted to end a war, not prolong it and start yet another one.
Comment posted June 27, 2008 @ 6:14 pm
Klobuchar (D-Doing a crappy job). Thanks for nothing Amy.
Comment posted June 27, 2008 @ 1:14 pm
Klobuchar (D-Doing a crappy job). Thanks for nothing Amy.
Comment posted June 29, 2008 @ 7:44 pm
What a week for Minnesota's junior senator! Not only did she vote to end debate on the horribly flawed FISA bill. She also voted (along with Republican Norm Coleman) to send another $162 BILLION dollars to the tragic and failed occupation of Iraq. And, if that wasn't enough, she signed on as cosponsor for a resolution that would make a naval blockade around Iran. That, of course, is a provocative act of war. And it also makes a good set-up for a false flag operation which the U.S. could use as a pretext for attack.
Certainly, it makes sense for Republican Coleman to support such a warlike and dangerous measure; provoking war with Iran is probably the only way that the Republicans can retain the White House and stem the losses in Congress. But what does a Democratic Senator have to gain by pushing the United States to yet another horrible war based on Bush's lies?
Sadly, some who voted for Klobuchar thought they were getting a Democrat. Some even thought that she wanted to end a war, not prolong it and start yet another one.
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