Feingold to Fight Patriot Act Reauthorization

[pstans]

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=2281&ncid=2281&e=3&u=/thenation/20051210/cm_thenation/142017

Four years ago, when U.S. Senator Russ Feingold stood alone in the Senate to oppose the Bush administration's Patriot Act, he was portrayed as a political fringe dweller whose determination to defend basic liberties was out of touch with the realities of the post-9/11 era.

This year, as Feingold leads the fight to block a flawed proposal to reauthorize the Patriot Act, he does so as the voice of a national movement that includes conservatives and liberals, Democrats, Republicans, Greens, Libertarians and independents, and residents of all 50 states and the District of Columbia. And he has enough Senate allies to speak seriously about launching a filibuster to block the measure.

As such, the Wisconsin Democrat says, "I will do everything I can, including a filibuster, to stop this Patriot Act conference report." The filibuster threat is a significant one, as the act will expire if it is not reauthorized by the end of the year.

Unlike in 2001, Feingold has Senate allies. On Thursday, a bipartisan group of senators joined him in signing a letter that declared, "We believe that this conference report will not be able to get through the Senate, while the Senate bill would easily pass the House if its leadership would bring it to a vote. We call on our House colleagues to reject this conference report, and to take up and pass the Senate compromise bill. We still can - and must - make sure that our laws give law enforcement agents the tools they need while providing safeguards to protect the constitutional rights of all Americans."

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[RagingInMiami]

1. Good for him

As for the rest of them, ..... may they rot in the hell they created.

[Chicago Democrat]

2. Every lover of liberty needs to support Senator Russ Feingold!

I vote for him to rule the USA and the Democrats!

[Don1]

3. Go Constitutional on their butts! n/t

[Old and In the Way]

4. I want this to be a party line vote.

Democrats for our freedoms vs. the Republican Syndicate who want to turn this country into a police state..for their benefit.

[safi0]

5. I don't

I'm glad to see some of Libertarian minded Pukes like Sununu and Craig are on board with Feingold. I want more and I want to get to 41 so we can sustain a real filibuster.

[pstans]

6. A fillibuster should be attainable

If Feingold has some Republican backing, you would think there would be enough Democrats to support a fillibuster. Even the Red State Dems like the 2 Nelson's could fillibuster this and say they voted to keep governement out of libraries and doctor's offices.