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Democrat? Kick the Bums Out along with the Rupublicans – FISA Senate Immunity Vote a Disgusting Travesty

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It’s so time to vote out all of these bums – every last one of them.  How much more will you take?

February 12, 2008

The FISA Roll Call Vote
The roll call vote on final passage of S. 2248, the FISA amendments, is available here. The vote was 68-29.

Republicans: 48 yea, 0 nay, 1 absent (Graham of South Carolina) (Including Lieberman as a Democrat.
Democrats: 20 yea, 29 nay, 2 absent (Obama and Clinton)

This is not what is normally called a "largely party-line vote" as Reuters described it. A "largely party-line vote" is when one or two or, at most, three members of a party split with their partisan colleagues.

And how interesting that of the Democrats, only the presidential candidates missed the final vote. The vote occurred between 5:30 p.m. and 6 p.m., hardly an inconvenient time.

Obama did vote on the cloture motion – against — which passed 69-29, which puts him on record as against the legislation.
UPDATE (9:55 p.m.): The Guardian highlights the presidential politics and notes that Obama also voted to eliminate legal immunity for the telecoms.

UPDATE (10:50 p.m.): A statement from President Bush.

The House of Representatives now has an opportunity to put aside narrow partisan concerns and come together to pass this bipartisan bill and send it to my desk without delay. Our intelligence professionals and private sector partners need the certainty of long-term legislation that will allow us to keep programs in place to protect the Nation, so that the flow of critical intelligence information is not interrupted.

 

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General @ February 13, 2008

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