FISA BILL PASSES 68-29

[unusualmusic_lj_archive]

And all the amendments? FAILED.

Cloture on the bill just passed 72-26. Obama voted in favor of cloture along with all Republicans. Hillary Clinton voted against cloture.

After the cloture vote, the Senate just approved final passage of the FISA bill, by a vote of 69-28. Obama voted with all Republicans for the bill. Hillary Clinton voted against it.

Democrats voting in favor of final passage of the FISA bill: Bayh - Carper - Casey - Conrad - Dorgan - Feinstein - Innuoye - Kohl - Landrieu - Lincoln - McCaskill - Mukulski - Nelson (Neb.) - Nelson (Fla.) - Obama - Pryor - Rockefeller - Salazar - Webb - Whitehouse.

Democrats voting against final passage of the FISA bill: Akaka - Biden - Bingaman - Boxer - Brown - Cantwell - Cardin - Clinton - Dodd - Dorgan - Durbin - Feingold - Harkin - Kerry - Leahy - Levin - Lautenberg - Murray - Reed - Reid - Sanders - Schumer - Stabenow - Tester - Wyden.

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Yes, he did. Yes, he did. Yes, he....

[zarq.livejournal.com]

The irony runs deep.

Clinton, a lifelong Democrat and "Washington insider", took a stand against Republican encroachment of our Constitution and the Bush Empire -- which is most definitely what her supporters and constituents (myself included) wanted her to do.

Obama, who is running as the morally upright outsider.... well, he made a choice that's going to give the vast majority of his supporters buyer's regret: A Bush Get Out Of Impeachment Free Card.

Apparently, this is the change we can believe in.

Re: Yes, he did. Yes, he did. Yes, he....

[unusualmusic.livejournal.com]

Indeed.

Re: Yes, he did. Yes, he did. Yes, he....

[zarq.livejournal.com]

You might be interested in this and this.

You know what's really sad? There's no one else to turn to.

Did Hillary officially quit?

Re: Yes, he did. Yes, he did. Yes, he....

[unusualmusic.livejournal.com]

Fuck this shit. Every time I turn around, the fact that Democrats ignore their base is seen as a positive, while Republicans pander shamelessly to theirs, and that no fucking problem. He isn't fucking brave. He's being an asshole!

*SMDH*

[oneshysistah.livejournal.com]

There are so many things wrong with this picture that I don't even know where to begin.

Re: Yes, he did. Yes, he did. Yes, he....

[oneshysistah.livejournal.com]

IAWTC.

[olympiasepiriot.livejournal.com]

Cloture (debate) could have been useful. I wonder what Kucinich (who, supposedly is supporting Obama) thinks, considering he voted against the House FISA bill in May that didn't even have the retroactive immunity part.