What Might Have Been WIth Pete Visclosky
A small post-mortem for the fourth amendment to the Constitution, which was thoroughly nullified yesterday with the House’s approval of H.R. 6304, the FISA Amendments Act:
Pete Visclosky, a Democrat who represents the first congressional district of Indiana, was not able to make it to Capitol Hill for the vote on H.R. 6304. He has, however, registered an official statement in the congressional record that if he had been able to be present for the vote, he would have voted against the bill.
Part of me wonders why Congressman Visclosky couldn’t be there for such an important vote. However, I know that his vote against would not have made the difference on its own. So, I give some small measure of thanks to Representative Visclosky for at least not joining the stampede of panicky Democrats who sold the Constitution down the river just for the sake of a talking point on the campaign trail.
Has this passed the House but not the Senate? If so, do we have a snowballs chance in hell of stopping it?
There would be a snowball’s chance in hell, if Democrats like Obama were willing to fight for what’s right instead of surrendering.
The Senate has passed it, but there still needs to be a conference bill between House and Senate agreed upon. That could be blocked, but the Senate Democrats don’t look strong enough to do their duty. They’re wimping out, most of them anyway.
How did Clinton and Schumer vote?
For the vote earlier this year:
Schumer voted against it. Hillary Clinton didn’t bother to show up to vote.
We’ll see what Clinton does this week. I see nothing that indicates that she has revealed how she plans to vote.