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| Dodd, Feingold To Try and Filibuster Immunity Bill                 |
|   from the battling-the-inevitable dept.                           |
|   posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday June 25, @09:00 (Government)     |
|   http://politics.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/06/25/1238218 |
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shma writes “This morning the senate has a scheduled [0]cloture vote to
cut off debate on [1]the FISA bill which grants retroactive immunity to
telecoms who engaged in warrantless wiretapping. Senators Russ Feingold
and Christopher Dodd have [2]pledged to try and filibuster the bill, but
require the vote of 40 senators to keep the filibuster alive. The article
states that a similar ‘threatened filibuster failed in February, when the
Senate passed a measure that granted amnesty and largely legalized the
President’s secret warrantless wiretapping programs.’ Should they lose
the cloture vote, the bill is all but assured of passing. A proposed
amendment stripping the immunity provision from the bill is also expected
to fail.”

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Links:
0. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloture
1. http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/06/20/1448244&tid=158
2. http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/06/senate-to-consi.html