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08/06/2007 15:06 #40408
Feingold Defends Constitution, Senate BeCategory: politics
The Democratic controlled Senate bent to Republican and White House pressure Friday night passing a bill that gives the National Security Agency the power to spy on any American's overseas communications without a warrant. President Bush threatened to suspend the Senate's August recess unless Bill 1927 passed, which it did by a 60-28 vote.
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We could certainly use more bipartisanship, but in this case, there was not a single Republican voting against the measure. It was the president leaning heavily on all members, and only a handful of senators, who happen to be Democrats, with the courage to stand up to it.
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Actually I think what that means is that it was a bipartisan vote... simple as that.