What is going on in the Senate right now?

[LeftNYC]

Appears a vote but nothing happening...

[BlueManDude]

1. Can't say exactly, but it's a good bet...

that the GOPers are doing something bad.

You know, screwing over middle income folks in favor of corporations or clamping down on civil liberties - all that good stuff.



:wow:

[flpoljunkie]

3. That would be option #2, in this case, clamping down on civil liberties.

[flpoljunkie]

2. Frist has "filled the tree" so Feingold cannot propose any amendments to

the Patriot Act. Frist's amendments, Feingold says, are meaningless, and meant to "fill the tree" so no further amendments can be offered to the Patriot Act. Reid said that both Leahy and Feingold had amendments to offer, and that he had asked Feingold to limit his amendments to the Patriot Act to no more than one--which Feingold is now trying to do, but there was an objection on the floor to his doing so.

Feingold is speaking now on this blocking of his amendment, and how he is being prevented from adding adequate safeguards to the Patriot Act. He indicated the order had come down from the White House that no amendments would be allowed.

[Harald Ragnarsson]

4. no amendments would be allowed.

Little things like this bug me so much.

I could swear the Executive, Legislative and Judicial were all co-equal branches of government, ie, the whole checks and balances thing. It is becoming more obvious every day that a couple of Emperors were appointed by the Supreme Court in 2000.

It also looks like Congress and the People are going to cave let them violate the 4th Amendment and spy on anyone they want without a search warrant. Like such a thing is even an option, it most certainly is not. They can't pick and choose which rights we have under the Constitution. I can't believe the American People are letting them do this garbage.

I am so disgusted with this country right now

[flpoljunkie]

5. I share your concern. We need to "throw the bums out" in November, and

then hold our Democrats' feet to the fire to get our country back on the right track--working for the best interests of the American people, not whoring for Halliburton, Exxon-Mobil, Bank of America, Pfizer, Hospital Corporation of America, et al.