Housing bill, FISA delayed until after July recess

Source: The Hill

The Senate hit impasses over legislation aimed at helping struggling homeowners and a rewrite of spying laws, forcing Democratic leaders to push back consideration of those measures until next month.

Leaders had hoped to finish both measures this week, in addition to an emergency war-spending bill and a Medicare bill, before lawmakers return home by week's end. Both bills have wide support, but in each case, individual senators have refused to let the measures speed through the chamber. As a result, they were forced to lower the bar for this week's action.

Democrats also threatened to keep the Senate in session through the weekend if Republicans didn’t agree to move quickly with the Medicare bill.

Objections by Sen. Russ Feingold (D-Wis.) will push back an overhaul of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) until after lawmakers return in July, Democratic leaders said Thursday. Feingold is strongly opposed to language that would likely give telephone companies that participated in warrantless surveillance retroactive immunity from lawsuits.

Read more: http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/housing-bill-fisa-delayed-until-after-july-recess-2008-06-26.html

I think Congress is shocked.

that the fisa bill had passed in the wee hours? i'm really confused. can't even go to work and keep track...

so i guess we have a week

:loveya:

When these morons go home, everyone needs to let them know that come November "There Will Again Be New Leadership in Washington" just like in 06.

Run these fricken idiots out of office. Wake up people, they all took a bribe and conveniently call it a campaign contribution!!!

No More!!!, get mad and get off your ass and do something besides bitch.

Demonstrate, Demonstrate, Demonstrate!!!

will inevitably show up for. Blast them good. Let them know their job is to protect and defend the Constitution, not save us from the Repuke boogeymen. rec'd

smacking them upside their stupid heads as they ride by in the 4th of July parades.

:D

Although anyone that did this would probably be disappeared.
Buh-bye.

everyone....you beautiful people, you!!!!! Wide support? Not in the country....which is obviously beside the point to most of the reps in DC. I am going to be on the phone to those four? Did I miss anyone? I am also going to spend time calling as many senators as possible tomorrow before they leave, Please join me on the phone to Congress in expressing our almost unanimous disapproval of this travesty against the Constitution!!!!!!!!