Reid Renews Call for Extension to Surveillance Bill

[cal04]

Paul Kiel
http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/005116.php

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) has a busy week ahead of him. And near the top of the list is somehow getting a surveillance bill through the Senate in the next week. On February 1st, the administration's Protect America Act expires.

When he tried to get a thirty-day extension to that date last month, Republicans blocked it. So this morning he said on the Senate floor that he'd try again. The time pressures are real, he said, and suggested that even if the Senate were to somehow pass a bill, it would be mighty difficult to get it through the House and to the president's desk before February 1st. The Senate itself will be a high hurdle, with Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT) filibustering over a retroactive immunity provision on the one hand and Sen. Kit Bond (R-MO) saying that the authority for warrantless wiretapping stems from the Constitution on the other.

"Failure to extend the present law for one month could lead to the laws no longer being something that guides what happens in this country," Reid said, adding "some may want that."

Stay tuned.

[Pawel K]

1. Wait, did I read that right?

republicans are the ones blocking spying on americans for another month while democrats are the ones pushing it? You have got to be fucking kidding me.

[Hydra]

2. You did read it right

And apparently Reid was waiting til Dodd stopped campaigning to put this stinky bill back on the table.

[FiveGoodMen]

4. Now repeat after me:

"Any Dem is better than any republican"
"Stop criticizing our own"
"Am I on the right board?!"
"I'm so sick of this Dem-bashing"
"Any Dem is better than...
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[BleedingHeartPatriot]

7. We can be upset with our leaders. That's something that's allowed. Unlike the R's demand that

everyone toe the line and have taken seven and a half years to even mention that Bush is worthless or worse.

There were plenty of unhappy Democrats about various things during Clinton's presidency, although we recognized he was skilled at governance and he had, and still has, natural leadership qualities.

I'll take the Dem platform over the R's corruptness any day. And, Democratic politicians who've stayed to the left of the R's are seeing great benefit in that.



MKJ

[HowHasItComeToThis]

26. HEY REPUBS, SAY THE "T "WORD

TREASON.

THE MIITARY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX HAS MURDERED YOU CHILDREN

[Selatius]

5. Chris Dodd is a Democrat, and he's threatening a filibuster because of telecom immunity provisions.

He wants those stripped from the bill. If they haven't broken any laws, why do they need legal immunity?

[Supersedeas]

9. exactly and the shills in the DNC want that immunity for Big Telecom

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

18. What shills and where? Please be more specific, we need to know. Thanks in advance!

MKJ

[debbierlus]

22. Chris Dodd will be getting a big fat campaign donation from me

If he can stop this....that is for sure.

[mmonk]

24. Exactly.

Immunity is what it is, protection from the prosecution and consequences of breaking the law.

[LSK]

8. yes

Reid sux.

[roguevalley]

27. fuck harry reid, human trash

[Hydra]

3. Tell Reid to shut up!

I used to like him, until he started doing the Fuhrer's dirty work.

NO MORE POWER FOR BUSHCO!!!!

[LSK]

6. wow look at what you can learn when the primary shit is taken away

[debbierlus]

21. Very good idea.

I am sick to death of the primaries. I am voting Edwards. And, I will choke down my own bile voting Clinton or Obama, if they win the nomination for the general election.

[AzDar]

10. Jeezus. Does the Administration have some nudie pix of Reid or something?

WTF would make him drop to his knees before this Cabal time and time again?:wtf:

[cal04]

12. some wiretapped conversations maybe

If they're doing it to Americans why not Congress and the Senate

[Solly Mack]

11. "lead to the laws no longer being something that guides what happens in this country"

LMAO

[debbierlus]

23. What on earth is that banana picture from...???

It is hilarious!

[old guy]

13. Someone unconfuse me.

If they don't extend this by Feb. 1st. the Protect America act expires. Doesn't this then simply go back to the original Fisa provisions? What would be so bad about that?

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

14. I thought that too.

MKJ

[Pawel K]

15. But if that happens the meanie Republicans will call "us" weak

[old guy]

16. Of course there is that,

but I have a really bad feeling about this. What is it we don't know, or is it what is it Reid doesn't want us to know?

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

19. I'm sorry about your bad feeling. I think there's plenty Reid doesn't want us to know, but

the feeling I get isn't really bad, it's really reality. And, any chess player would have never let themselves get in this position.

MKJ

[Justice Is Comin]

17. Just as trustworthy as you

were with the Phase II Reid.

What the hell did you do with that report, take it out and bury it behind the White House cafeteria someplace? Enjoyed your phony tirade to shut down the Senate over it. Really suckered me in on that charade.

Another loser that makes me want to kick windows.

[debbierlus]

20. F-U-C-K _H-I-M

I am so sick of this shit. Wtf? Do they have pictures of these people dressed up as clowns having orgies or something????

If he thinks we are just going to let this go quietly into the dark night, he can kiss my voluptous ass.

[MasonJar]

25. They do NOT want the current version. Mitch, the bitch, is trying to get immunity

for all the evildoers like Bush, Cheney and AT&T. Never ever trust Mitch McConnell to do anything reasonable and worthy. And do I know, since he has purported to be my senator for 40 or so years. Reid is not impressive either since he is pushing the wrong version. Why? Threats? Bribery? Collusion? Nothing else makes any sense. He must be inundated with reprisals or we will be exonerating a vicious group of lawbreakers.

[Javaman]

28. You mean he made time in his busy agenda of fixing the economy?

knock me over with a feather.