House chairman doesn't want "parochial" issues to stop wiretap bill
Parochial issues like privacy, maybe? -Declan --- News Advisory For immediate release Contact: Jeff Lungren October 24, 2001 202-225-2492 House Passes Anti-terrorism Legislation Sensenbenner Urges Senate Action Today WASHINGTON, D.C. - The House today passed anti-terrorism legislation by a 357-66 margin. H.R. 3162, introduced by House Judiciary Committee Chairman F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr. (R-Wis.), is expected to be considered by the Senate today or tomorrow and then sent to President Bush for his signature. "Today, the House came together in a bipartisan manner to pass landmark anti-terrorism legislation which provides federal law enforcement and intelligence agencies the tools they need to combat the scourges of international and domestic terrorism. Our country remains vulnerable to terrorism and our President needs this bill to fight the clear and present danger posed by Al Queda and other terrorist organizations," said Chairman Sensenbrenner. "I have heard that certain Senators have placed holds on this anti-terrorism bill to press their own parochial issues. This is the time to dispense with business as usual. It is time for leadership; I urge the Senate to pass this legislation today."
on Thu, Oct 25, 2001 at 12:44:48AM -0400, Declan McCullagh (declan@well.com) wrote:
Parochial issues like privacy, maybe?
-Declan
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News Advisory For immediate release Contact: Jeff Lungren October 24, 2001 202-225-2492 House Passes Anti-terrorism Legislation Sensenbenner Urges Senate Action Today WASHINGTON, D.C. - The House today passed anti-terrorism legislation by a 357-66 margin. H.R. 3162, introduced by House Judiciary Committee Chairman F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr. (R-Wis.), is expected to be considered by the Senate today or tomorrow and then sent to President Bush for his signature. "Today, the House came together in a bipartisan manner to pass landmark anti-terrorism legislation which provides federal law enforcement and intelligence agencies the tools they need to combat the scourges of international and domestic terrorism. Our country remains vulnerable to terrorism and our President needs this bill to fight the clear and present danger posed by Al Queda and other terrorist organizations," said Chairman Sensenbrenner. "I have heard that certain Senators have placed holds on this anti-terrorism bill to press their own parochial issues. This is the time to dispense with business as usual. It is time for leadership; I urge the Senate to pass this legislation today."
So, who're the Senate holdouts? 90+ votes means a filibuster's
impossible under cloture rules, no?
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Karsten M. Self
On Wed, Oct 24, 2001 at 11:06:41PM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote:
So, who're the Senate holdouts? 90+ votes means a filibuster's impossible under cloture rules, no?
Yes, a filibuster won't stand much chance, but bringing the bill to the floor on unanimous consent won't work either. The Senate is still somewhat gentlemanly (when reducing our legal rights), and they try to find ways to avoid forcing a vote when there are holds on a bill. I recall the holds can no longer be secret, though, so I should be able to find out. -Declan
On Wednesday, October 24, 2001, at 09:44 PM, Declan McCullagh wrote:
Parochial issues like privacy, maybe?
"Frankly, even before 9/11 I thought privacy was, like, rilly, rilly scary and all! It scares me to think about what people are doing under the cloak of "privacy." So, like, I'm happy that our government is quickly passing laws taking back all those "privacy" things in that Constitution thing. Like, there are no civil liberties advocates in foxholes. -- Cathy Rilly Rilly Young, "Irrational Magazine" --Tim May, Corralitos, California Quote of the Month: "It is said that there are no atheists in foxholes; perhaps there are no true libertarians in times of terrorist attacks." --Cathy Young, "Reason Magazine," both enemies of liberty.
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