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House Approves Foreign Wiretap Bill
Associated Press/Peoplepc Online ^ | August 5, 2007 | Staff

Posted on 08/05/2007 6:13:15 AM PDT by Turret Gunner A20

WASHINGTON - The House handed President Bush a victory Saturday, voting to expand the government's abilities to eavesdrop without warrants on foreign suspects whose communications pass through the United States. The 227-183 vote, which followed the Senate's approval Friday, sends the bill to Bush for his signature.

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: wiretap
Maybe the Democraps are finally getting around to allowing the "phony war" to turn serious.
1 posted on 08/05/2007 6:13:17 AM PDT by Turret Gunner A20
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To: Turret Gunner A20

Too scared to do what they really wanted to, assuage their ACLU/Code Pink nut-case base.


2 posted on 08/05/2007 6:20:44 AM PDT by Dilbert56 (Harry Reid, D-Nev.: "We're going to pick up Senate seats as a result of this war.")
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Maybe they see the hand writing on the wall and know that the surge is working.

These people will rue the day when they allowed groups like DU, the DK, MO.org and the looney toon Howard Dean to dictate their path.

3 posted on 08/05/2007 6:21:41 AM PDT by sirchtruth (No one has the RIGHT not to be offended...)
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No they won’t. They are doing just what comes naturally for the left....they are either too stupid to realize or have let the foreign and domestic propaganda dictate their lives and their politics.


4 posted on 08/05/2007 6:33:02 AM PDT by yoe ( NO THIRD TERM FOR THE CLINTON'S!!!)
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...they are either too stupid to realize or have let the foreign and domestic propaganda dictate their lives and their politics.

Well, as far as I can see their victory in '06 is just so pathetically hollow now.

5 posted on 08/05/2007 6:43:29 AM PDT by sirchtruth (No one has the RIGHT not to be offended...)
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To: Dilbert56

“”Too scared to do what they really wanted to, assuage their ACLU/Code Pink nut-case base.””

That poll which gives Congress a 3% approval rating for the War in Iraq is having an affect on the Dems. They know that the war is beginning to turn and don’t want to be seen as being weak on national defense.


6 posted on 08/05/2007 7:34:30 AM PDT by NRG1973
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