tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13474840.post-90431518578535216292008-06-19T06:02:00.000-04:002008-06-19T06:03:08.335-04:00<a href="http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/hoyer-hopeful-on-fisa-resolution-2008-06-18.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">The Hill</span></a> reports that so-called House Democratic "Leader" Steny Hoyer is trying hard to capitulate to the Republicans on legislation that would expand the government's power to spy on Americans and grant retroactive amnesty to the telecommunications companies that helped Bush violate the law:<br /><blockquote><p>House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) said Wednesday he remains hopeful that the House and Senate can finish the contentious overhaul of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) this week. </p>The House could vote on the bill Friday, Hoyer said.</blockquote><br />Mona at <a href="http://www.theartofthepossible.net/2008/06/18/aclu-announces-the-strange-bedfellows-alliance-a-project-right-up-this-sites-alley/">The Art of the Possible</a> and Glenn Greenwald at <a href="http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/06/17/hoyer/index.html">Salon.com</a> have more.<br /><br />Please contact your members of Congress today and tell them to vote NO on any bill that would direct federal courts to grant amnesty to the lawbreakers, or that would allow for warrantless wiretaps of Americans' international calls and e-mails, or both. The <a href="https://secure.aclu.org/site/Advocacy?pagename=homepage&amp;id=975&amp;page=UserAction&amp;JServSessionIdr009=ti39zwcwu5.app26a">ACLU's action alert</a> makes it easy to contact your members of Congress. <a href="http://www.democrats.com/peoplesemailnetwork/141">Democrats.com</a> also has an on-line petition.<br /><br />Now, there's something else you can do. The <a href="http://www.actblue.com/page/fisa">Blue America PAC vs Retroactive Immunity</a> is dedicated to holding Hoyer and the other so-called "Democratic" traitors accountable for their capitulation. Please go <a href="http://www.actblue.com/page/fisa">here</a> and give what you can, then <a href="http://www.actblue.com/page/fisa/asks/new">pass the message on</a> to any friends you have who might care about freedom, privacy, and the rule of law.Jason Sonensheinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08974742966503776194noreply@blogger.com