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VIA TPM MUckraker, 21 Democrats in the House may sell out of FISA:
Senior congressional aides said there was no clear path to a compromise on the issue. But a series of recent defections by moderate Democrats in the House raises prospects that the White House position — or something close to it — eventually may prevail….
Reluctant to be portrayed as depriving the government of a key tool in the war on terrorism, 21 members of a bloc of moderate House Democrats signed a letter endorsing the Senate approach. Senior Democratic aides said those defections suggested there might be enough support in the House to pass the Senate bill.
Unfortunately, neither TPM nor the LA Times (the source) say who these 21 DemocRATS are. I called Conyers’ office, but to no avail. They transferred me to the House Judiciary Committee, which couldn’t answer my question either.
Who are these Democrats? Constituents and citizens have a right to know who plans to sell the Fourth Amendment to the highest bidder.
Does anyone know?
UPDATE: Via Daily Kos, now we know:
* Rep. Leonard L. Boswell, D-Iowa — Phone: (202) 225-3806, Fax: (202) 225-5608
* Rep. Marion Berry, D-Ark. — Phone: (202) 225-4076, Fax: (202) 225-5602
* Rep. Mike Ross, D-Ark. — Phone: (202) 225-3772, Fax: (202) 225-1314
* Rep. Earl Pomeroy, D-N.D. — Phone: (202) 225-2611, Fax: (202) 226-0893
* Rep. Robert E. “Bud” Cramer, D-Ala. — Phone: (202) 225-4801, Fax: (202) 225-4392
* Rep. Melissa Bean, D-Ill. — Phone: (202) 225-3711, Fax: (202) 225-7830
* Rep. Heath Shuler, D-N.C. — Phone: (202) 225-6401, Fax: (202) 226-6422
* Rep. John Barrow, D-Ga. — Phone: (202) 225-2823, Fax: (202) 225-3377
* Rep. Allen Boyd, D-Fla. — Phone: (202) 225-5235, Fax: (202) 225-5615
* Rep. Joe Baca, D-Calif. — Phone: (202) 225-6161, Fax: (202) 225-8671
* Rep. Dan Boren, D-Okla. — Phone: (202) 225-2701, Fax: (202) 225-3038
* Rep. John Tanner, D-Tenn. — Phone: (202) 225-4714, Fax: (202) 225-1765
* Rep. Jim Matheson, D-Utah — Phone: (202) 225-3011, Fax: (202) 225-5638
* Rep. Jim Cooper, D-Tenn. — Phone: (202) 225-4311, Fax: (202) 226-1035
* Rep. Lincoln Davis, D-Tenn. — Phone: (202) 225-6831, Fax: (202) 226-5172
* Rep. Brad Ellsworth, D-Ind. — Phone: (202) 225-4636, Fax: (202) 225-3284
* Rep. Tim Holden, D-Pa. — Phone: (202) 225-5546, Fax: (202) 226-0996
* Rep. Charlie Melancon, D-La. — Phone: (202) 225-4031, Fax: (202) 226-3944
* Rep. Dennis Moore, D-Kan. — Phone: (202) 225-2865, Fax: (202) 225-2807
* Rep. Christopher Carney, D-Pa. — Phone: (202) 225-3731, Fax: (202) 225-9594
* Rep. Zack Space, D-Ohio — Phone: (202) 225-6265, Fax: (202) 225-3394
If this bad bill is jammed through the House of Representatives, it will be their fault. Call them and tell them to support the RESTORE Act without modification, and to support the 21 day extension of the current law. Tell them to stop enabling the Republicans and Bush in taking away our civil liberties.
UPDATE 2: According to mcjoan at daily kos:
Update: The House Dems just prevailed, 222-196 in beating back the Rs effort to substitute the Senate version of the FISA bill for the bill currently on the floor, a 21 day extension of the Protect America Act. This was a procedural vote, but a good win. Now the vote is on extending the PAA.
Update 2: The 21 day extension fails, 191-229.
I don’t know what happens next.
There’s a lot of “netroots” darlings on that list. Color me surprised.
Former big orange favorites I’m sure.
ActBlue?
Let’s just focus on the first part, eh?
Huh? My comment was directed at former orange favorites that somehow failed to live up to expectations. I meant no offense, if that was how it was taken.
I’m saying that some of those people were ActBlue candidates.
A little outdated, but I just called Salazar’s Denver office to see if he was going to make any other laws optional- and I’ll be damned if the woman said YES that he is but he won’t say which ones. So there may be more surprises coming down the pike.
I was really just calling to see if laws were optional for me now, but she hung up on me, which is a first.
they’ve gotten a bit testy down there of late, eh…l wonder why? :{)
I think it’s because you called right before me. Kinda like loosening the lid on the pickle jar. 🙂
Seriously, I’m starting to expect a restraining order I call so much.
Fuckin’ Heath Shuler – who let him think for himself? Oh wait, no one.
The two parties’ job is to be so good at attracting/entertaining their base that they can fuck them on things like this and get away with. I am sure this list was organized by party leaders based on least impact on their re-elections.
‘Those darned rogues took us JUST over the edge. Darny-darn-darn.’
One Arkansas Dem (out of a total of two Senators and three Representatives) DIDN”T betray us on this: Rep. Vic Snyder (my congressman in a manner of speaking).
I was expecting a clean sweep, and it isn’t like Lincoln and Pryor didn’t give it their usual effort, along with Berry and Ross. (Maybe Snyder, who’s a staunch DLC man, is still too grief-stricken over Hillary’s collapsing prospects to leave the house.)
Is there any other state that has such a high percentage of consistent pseudo-Dem Quislings in Washington?
Too many votes with would have risked signalling the party supports immunity. Which it does. Just with no spine as usual.