[Peace-discuss] Fw: Democrats aren't walking the walk on the Patriot Act

[Jenifer Cartwright]

Another chance to take action, if only from yr armchair...

--- On Thu, 10/8/09, Russ Feingold, U.S. Senator <campaign at russfeingold.org> wrote:


From: Russ Feingold, U.S. Senator <campaign at russfeingold.org>
Subject: Democrats aren't walking the walk on the Patriot Act
To: jencart13 at yahoo.com
Date: Thursday, October 8, 2009, 5:32 PM




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Greetings,
I read some of the early reviews from today’s Judiciary Committee meeting regarding our mark-up of the reauthorization of the Patriot Act and noted that one person wrote that most of the Senators seemed to be “bending over backwards”  to give the government free reign to do whatever it wants.  Having attended the meeting, I can’t say that I disagree with that assessment. 
As the only Senator to vote against the Patriot Act in 2001, I’ve heard a lot of my colleagues talk the talk over the years about their desire to curtail the government power-grab passed some eight years ago.  Today was the day for some to walk the walk.  In a committee where Democrats have 5 more members than Republicans do, the measure passed by an 11-8 vote. 
I’ve posted some more thoughts on what happened on Daily Kos and I encourage you to read them here.
What’s more clear today than ever before is that we need to hold more Democrats' feet to the fire.  Help me do so by giving them a call today at 202-224-3121.
In particular, I want to thank Senator Durbin for standing strong on this important issue.  We need more people who will stand tall and stand up to protect our rights and freedoms.
 
Sincerely,

Russ Feingold
United States Senator      

   
 

  



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