FISA Update: Retroactive Immunity Vote Likely Tomorrow Morning
By Paul Kiel - February 4, 2008 -
http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/02/fisa_update_retroactive_immuni.phpThe Senate has just renewed debate on the surveillance bill, but it appears that the most anticipated votes will occur at the very earliest tomorrow morning, or as late as Wednesday.
The two sides have yet to hash out the timing, but we hear that the two amendments dealing with retroactive immunity -- that's both the Feingold/Dodd amendment to strip retroactive immunity for the telecoms that cooperated with the administration's warrantless wiretapping program and the Specter/Whitehouse amendment that would substitute the government in lawsuits related to the program -- will be offered at the earliest tomorrow morning.
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