Telcom immunity stripped from FISA bill! Dodd will filibuster, if needed, to keep it out

[Mister Ed]

An E-mail from the Dodd campaign, sent at 7:08 PM Eastern, Thursday 11/15:

1. Within the last hour, the Senate Judiciary Committee just reported out a
FISA bill that DOES NOT include retroactive immunity for the telecom companies
that helped the Bush Administration spy on Americans.
2. This means the Judiciary bill moves to the full Senate WITHOUT the
dangerous language included.
3. Retroactive immunity will, however, surely be introduced as an amendment
to the FISA bill.
4. If needed, Senator Dodd will filibuster any amendment seeking to add
retroactive immunity to the underlying bill. By filibustering, he will force the
opposition to find 60 votes to pass the provision.

It will be a lot more difficult for those who would enable the erosion of our
Constitution to find the 60 votes necessary to stop immunity on its own than it
would be for us to find the 40 needed to sustain a filibuster of the bill as a
whole if it included immunity.

Today is a great victory for all of us -- and another example of Chris Dodd's
leadership.

If it wasn't for our efforts, together, retroactive immunity would be well on
its way to sailing through the Senate ... largely unnoticed.

The fight continues, for sure, but this was a big victory today.

Visit www.ChrisDodd.com for more updates as they happen.

We'll be in touch.

Tim Tagaris
Chris Dodd for President




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[TwilightGardener]

1. I'm very surprised Feinstein did an about-face on this--I guess being

slapped with a censure threat from her own state party stung a little.

[defendandprotect]

2. Hey Dodd!!! Will this hold -- ???? Cheers to Dodd --- !!!

More should join him!!!