Author: BooMan

How Did the New Democrats Vote?

The Senate just voted 60-34 36 to table (kill) the Judiciary Committee’s version of the FISA bill which did not include telcom immunity. So, how did the New Democratic Coalition vote? Members of the Senate New Democratic...

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FISA Vote

The vote to table the Judiciary Bill is commencing now. Update [2008-1-24 14:29:27 by BooMan]: Yays are 60, nays are 34, the Judiciary version is dead. Now amendments.

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Where are Hillary and Barack?

Per former Dodd staffer, Tim Tagaris, Hillary Clinton will not be showing up in the Capitol to help Chris Dodd. Therefore, her stated opposition to teleco immunity is worthless. I have no definitive word on Obama, yet. Could...

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FISA Outline

The debate on FISA in going on now and can be watched on CSPAN-2. A source in Majority Leader Harry Reid’s office has provided me with the following outline (edited a bit for clarity): Right now there is no agreement in...

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Say Goodbye to the Democratic Party

There used to be a major American political party known at the Democratic Party. Today, it is being renamed the “Don’t Call Me Soft on Terrorism and Keep that Telecom Money Coming Party”. The founder of the...

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