The first FISA amendment is going on right now. It is a comparatively unimportant amendment sponsored by freshman Senator Ben Cardin of Maryland. It would sunset the FISA bill after 4 years, rather than the 6 years that are in the base bill. We’ll lose this vote. For some reason this calls to mind something from the innocent 1990’s:
“This is the Most Public of my Many Humiliations.” -Jackie Chiles, Kramer’s Johnnie Cochranesque lawyer in his tobacco litigation case.
Update [2008-2-6 15:44:12 by BooMan]: Yep. The Cardin amendment got 49 ayes and 46 nays, but failed because this was a 60-vote to pass ‘silent filibuster’ vote.
