On Fri, 16 Dec 2005 17:46:17 -0500, Harry Krause wrote:

JohnH wrote:
On Fri, 16 Dec 2005 16:30:31 -0500, Harry Krause wrote:

JohnH wrote:
I expect there'll be some reports of collusion with the Democrats in the Senate also. Too
coincidental that this story, several years old, broke the day the Senate voted to stop the Patriot
Act filibuster.

Actually, there was no filibuster. There was a threat of a filibuster.
The unPatriot Act stinks, and for the moment at least, some Senators
realize that.

I hear Fritz changed his vote at the end so he could regurgitate it next
year.

This, by the way, is an example of what I meant by good things happening
when Bush is down in the polls.

You are correct. The vote was to stop the debate. Fritz changed his vote to correct it, but
emphasized that the debate would continue.
--
John Herring



Five Republicans joined the call for real debate and so the Bush thug
push to short-circuit Patriot Act reform was soundly defeated in a
Senate vote today.

This vote paves the way for a bipartisan filibuster to restore checks
and balances and protect the freedoms of innocent Americans.

The vote was 53 to 47. Seven short of the 60 needed. "Soundly defeated" indeed. Note that is wasn't
a filibuster, it was, and still is, a debate.
--
John Herring

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