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FISA on His Mind as Bush Leaves for NATO Summit
House Passes Democratic FISA Bill, Back to the Senate
Secret Session, House Debate, and the House votes on and passes the Democratic version of the FISA bill, sends bill back to the Senate.
Leading Up to the Vote:
Allegations from Republicans state that there is bipartisan support, but the Democrats are stalling the vote. Let’s just say that once more, the House managed to stall the vote [...]
Secret Squirrel Session on FISA Yields Nothing
Discussion disclaims the need for the so-called Secret Session of the House.
Obviously, the meeting called last night brought no new classified information to light. Rep. Roy Blount had advocated the Secret Session claiming that he would present information that was previously unknown to the House, in general. The Democrats, in partcular, we not amused by the [...]
FISA Debate To Go Into Secret Session, No FISA Vote Tonight
The Secret Session was brought up by Representative Blount. Rep. Dennis Kucinich quizzed the the motion. When has specific legislation gone in secret preliminary to a vote? Rep. Kucinich pressed other representatives as to why there was a need for secrecy. In his twelve years in the House he has never seen anything like this.
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FISA Stuck in the House
Well, maybe this isn’t going to be as easy as some expected. Could it be that some of our Representatives in the House have heard the call? Is it that so many of us have flooded the Capitol with phone calls?
The Representatives know that this is an election year. Yep! Everyone of them will have [...]









