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Here ya go boys & girls just to show that all the consternation you heard for the last year was nothing but political chatter. It was necessary and they knew it just a way to try to win elections in their mind by bashing President Bush. And don't think that a good number of people don't already know that and will remember it when it comes November.

 

By ERIC LICHTBLAU

Published: February 12, 2008

WASHINGTON — After more than a year of heated political wrangling, the Senate handed the White House a major victory Tuesday by voting to broaden the government’s spy powers after giving legal protection to phone companies that cooperated in President Bush’s warrantless eavesdropping program.

 

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Senate Roll Call Vote (senate.gov)

Times Topics: FISAThe Senate rejected a series of amendments that would have restricted the government’s surveillance powers and eliminated immunity for the phone carriers, and it voted in convincing fashion — 69 to 29 — to end debate and bring the issue to a final vote. That vote on the overall billwas an almost identical 68 to 29.

 

Beyond the immunity provision, the Senate measure would also widen the executive branch’s surveillance powers by allowing the National Security Agency and intelligence agencies to use broad orders — without getting court orders in advance — to eavesdrop on groups of overseas targets, rather than using individualized warrants.

 

Roll Call

 

Alphabetical by Senator Name Akaka (D-HI), Nay

Alexander (R-TN), Yea

Allard (R-CO), Yea

Barrasso (R-WY), Yea

Baucus (D-MT), Yea

Bayh (D-IN), Yea

Bennett (R-UT), Yea

Biden (D-DE), Nay

Bingaman (D-NM), Nay

Bond (R-MO), Yea

Boxer (D-CA), Nay

Brown (D-OH), Nay

Brownback (R-KS), Yea

Bunning (R-KY), Yea

Burr (R-NC), Yea

Byrd (D-WV), Nay

Cantwell (D-WA), Nay

Cardin (D-MD), Nay

Carper (D-DE), Yea

Casey (D-PA), Yea

Chambliss (R-GA), Yea

Clinton (D-NY), Not Voting How bout that for gutless

Coburn (R-OK), Yea

Cochran (R-MS), Yea

Coleman (R-MN), Yea

Collins (R-ME), Yea

Conrad (D-ND), Yea

Corker (R-TN), Yea

Cornyn (R-TX), Yea

Craig (R-ID), Yea

Crapo (R-ID), Yea

DeMint (R-SC), Yea

Dodd (D-CT), Nay

Dole (R-NC), Yea

Domenici (R-NM), Yea

Dorgan (D-ND), Nay

Durbin (D-IL), Nay

Ensign (R-NV), Yea

Enzi (R-WY), Yea

Feingold (D-WI), Nay

Feinstein (D-CA), Nay

Graham (R-SC), Not Voting

Grassley (R-IA), Yea

Gregg (R-NH), Yea

Hagel (R-NE), Yea

Harkin (D-IA), Nay

Hatch (R-UT), Yea

Hutchison (R-TX), Yea

Inhofe (R-OK), Yea

Inouye (D-HI), Yea

Isakson (R-GA), Yea

Johnson (D-SD), Yea

Kennedy (D-MA), Nay

Kerry (D-MA), Nay

Klobuchar (D-MN), Nay

Kohl (D-WI), Yea

Kyl (R-AZ), Yea

Landrieu (D-LA), Yea

Lautenberg (D-NJ), Nay

Leahy (D-VT), Nay

Levin (D-MI), Nay

Lieberman (ID-CT), Yea

Lincoln (D-AR), Yea

Lugar (R-IN), Yea

Martinez (R-FL), Yea

McCain (R-AZ), Yea

McCaskill (D-MO), Yea

McConnell (R-KY), Yea

Menendez (D-NJ), Nay

Mikulski (D-MD), Yea

Murkowski (R-AK), Yea

Murray (D-WA), Nay

Nelson (D-FL), Yea

Nelson (D-NE), Yea

Obama (D-IL), Not Voting How bout that for gutless!!!!!!!

Pryor (D-AR), Yea

Reed (D-RI), Nay

Reid (D-NV), Nay

Roberts (R-KS), Yea

Rockefeller (D-WV), Yea

Salazar (D-CO), Yea

Sanders (I-VT), Nay

Schumer (D-NY), Nay

Sessions (R-AL), Yea

Shelby (R-AL), Yea

Smith (R-OR), Yea

Snowe (R-ME), Yea

Specter (R-PA), Yea

Stabenow (D-MI), Nay

Stevens (R-AK), Yea

Sununu (R-NH), Yea

Tester (D-MT), Nay

Thune (R-SD), Yea

Vitter (R-LA), Yea

Voinovich (R-OH), Yea

Warner (R-VA), Yea

Webb (D-VA), Yea

Whitehouse (D-RI), Yea

Wicker (R-MS), Yea

Wyden (D-OR), Nay

 

 

 

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McCain has his parties nomination wrapped up, Clinton and Obama are still battling it out. That's why they weren't there. I didn't think I'd have to explain that to anyone on a political message board. Perhaps the local community college offers evening civics classes?

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McCain has his parties nomination wrapped up, Clinton and Obama are still battling it out. That's why they weren't there. I didn't think I'd have to explain that to anyone on a political message board. Perhaps the local community college offers evening civics classes?

No Squibb what you need to explain not to me but to your liberal partners is why the rest of us thinking Americans would want to vote for spineless jellyfish like your two candidates. They can't take a stand on this issue, and you think we believe they can take a stand on a issue that actually would take GUTS to be proactive about???? You liberals are the donkeys DELETED.

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