Sunday, August 5, 2007

Civil Liberties: Buh-bye!

Last night, by a vote of 227-183, Republicans and Democrats voted against the American people, and our civil liberties.

Congress passed legislation permitting "eavesdropping without warrants on foreign suspects whose communications pass through the United States."

The Senate approved this White-House backed measure on Friday night, and likewise, late Saturday night, the House approved expanding the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA).

Here's the CNN article: cnn.com

Were you represented? Here's for the final vote tally

Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) sums it up: