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Category:  Laws & Regulations

In the long run it's unclear whether Dodd's hold and filibuster threat, whatever backing it gets from Hillary and Obama, if any, can really hold up the FISA legislation. Advisers to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid have said that while they're willing to work with Dodd to assuage his concerns, they expect that the bill will go to the floor despite his objections. It's also unclear what the final bill will look like; the bill has only just emerged from markup in the Senate Intel committee, and there's some opposition to telecom immunity among members of the Judiciary Committee.

Either way, opposition from Hillary or Obama, or both, could throw some significant obstacles in the way of the bill. And even putting aside whatever long term impact this has on the legislation itself, such a campaign by MoveOn could at the least make telecom immunity an issue in the Dem Primary.Election Central | Talking Points Memo | MoveOn And Top Bloggers To Launch Campaign Pressuring Hillary And Obama To Back Dodd On FISA

This issue that I discussed at length in a previous post here has the potential to go on and on and on, putting the telecom / government relationship under the microscope (and potentially spilling over into broadband policy?). Stay tuned...

Posted on October 23, 2007 at 09:43 PM

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