Ask your senator to vote against HR 6304 (right now please. thanx)

[netmouse]

To quote Novapsyche's post, there is still time to call your Senators regarding the capitulation on FISA (aka, the evisceration of the 4th Amendment).

The bill is H.R. 6304 and i have seen it described as a confirmation of the legal king model of government since it basically protects people (in this case, telecommunication companies) from being prosecuted for illegal activities because the president asked them to do them.

I would prefer to live in a country where presidential fiat does not make it ok for people to break the law, especially regarding the privacy of citizens, and in order for that to be true, we need to defeat this bill. please call your senator now.

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According to their office staff

[sylo-tode.livejournal.com]

Senator Stabenow is going to vote against it.

Senator Levin, as usual, has not given his position.

Do you think it's a coincidence that this bill is likely to pass, impeachment is off the table, and Congress is at a record low approval rating?

[grimfaire.livejournal.com]

Since bills/laws do not trump the constitution and since it is a government by the people... if it passes... I reserve the right to spy on the government and grant myself immunity from prosecution.

These idiots stay in power simply because we allow them to stay in power.

The only way to stop this is to stop voting for people already in office. I understand that some of them seem to be doing good but they are all products of the system and the system is broken.

It is time for the entire system to change. There is a reason Ron Paul garned as much support as he did... he he got more votes then Guilliani did in the Republican primaries despite him having shall we say a checkered background. The current establishment has proven itself to be beyond corrupt, incompentant and fails to perform their main duty of serving the people.

[skylarker.livejournal.com]

Done.

[tlatoani.livejournal.com]

Both Levin and Stabenow voted against it.

Obama, who everyone keeps telling me is such a wonderful, hope-bringing, progressive voted for it. I was hoping I'd finally get to vote for a presidential candidate instead of just against the other one, but not this year.

[nicegeek.livejournal.com]

This is sparking quite an online backlash...there's a PAC called Accountability Now that's organizing to support pro-civil-rights candidates in the fall election.