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Chris Dodd's speech and a glimmer of hope for stopping the FISA bill

The Connecticut senator's passionate speech in defense of the rule of law and surveillance safeguards signals some slowly growing opposition to the FISA bill.

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  • Wednesday, June 25, 2008 05:37 AM

    A little clarification, please?

    I want to call my Senators and urge him to act to support Christopher Dodd's filibuster. But I want to make sure that I ask him to do the right things. Can anyone clarify the specific issues that are before the Senate?

    This is my understanding of what needs to be done:

    1. The Dodd (and Feingold?) filibuster should be supported.

    2. No matter if amnesty is removed from the bill or not, the bill itself is unacceptable.

    Is there anything else?

    Incidentally, it's my understanding that my Senators (Whitehouse and Reed) are both on the right side of this issue - but I want to make sure they don't waver.

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