Senator Dodd will filibuster amendments to add retroactive imunity to FISA.

[kansasblue]

Email from Chris Dodd

Dear KansasBlue,

As they say ... Breaking News from the Senate.

Forgive me if some of this is in the weeds, I'll try and make the parliamentary
process as painless as possible.

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

[suziedemocrat]

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