Democrats are supposed to be in charge. I guess they will vote for anything as long as they get their full month off.

Democrats should be pissed at their leadership.

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Published: August 5, 2007
WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 — Under pressure from President Bush, the House gave final approval Saturday to changes in a terrorism surveillance program, despite serious objections from many Democrats about the scope of the executive branch’s new eavesdropping power.



Racing to complete a final rush of legislation before a scheduled month long break, the House voted 227 to 183 to endorse a measure the Bush administration said was needed to keep pace with communications technology in the effort to track terrorists overseas.
“The intelligence community is hampered in gathering essential information about terrorists,” said Representative [LINK POSTED BY MEMBER] Only Members Can View This Truck Forum Link. , Republican of Texas.
The House Democratic leadership had severe reservations about the proposal and an overwhelming majority of Democrats opposed it. Speaker [LINK POSTED BY MEMBER] Only Members Can View This Truck Forum Link. said the measure “does violence to the Constitution of the United States.”
But with the Senate already in recess, Democrats confronted the choice of allowing the administration’s bill to reach the floor and be approved mainly by [LINK POSTED BY MEMBER] Only Members Can View This Truck Forum Link. or letting it die.
If it had stalled, that would have left Democratic lawmakers, long anxious about appearing weak on national security issues, facing an August spent fending off charges from Republicans that they had left Americans exposed to threats.
Despite the political risks, many Democrats argued they should stand firm against the initiative, saying it granted the administration far too much latitude to initiate surveillance.....

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Yeah, its strange how when they (the dems) get their big chances to do what they say they supposedly want, they usually just end up doing the thing that the proclaim daily is stupid, offensive, barbaric, criminal, retarded, etc.

Its only good for 6 months, this version was passed so they could take the rest of the month off..

NO one has been caught from phone taps. Every threat the USA has had, including the pizza delivery, grocery baggers (who couldn't afford the weapons anyway) were all cought from someone reporting their activities.Not from phone tapping.