House chairman doesn't want "parochial" issues to stop wiretap bill

Karsten M. Self kmself at ix.netcom.com
Wed Oct 24 23:06:41 PDT 2001


on Thu, Oct 25, 2001 at 12:44:48AM -0400, Declan McCullagh (declan at well.com)
wrote:
> Parochial issues like privacy, maybe?
>
> -Declan
>
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> release                                                           Contact:
> Jeff Lungren
> October 24,
> 2001
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> 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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