Joining the Republicans and betraying Democratic values again, Feinstein voted down an amendment to a bill which would have stripped the bill from providing immunity to telecom corporations for aiding President Bush in spying on Americans.
I called Dianne Feinstein’s office at least 3 times about this issue and I’ve emailed her on several other occasions. She obviously hasn’t listened to me, but maybe if enough people flood her with angry calls and letters she’ll start to understand.
Email Dianne Feinstein
Or call her:
San Diego
750 B Street, Suite 1030
San Diego, CA 92101
Phone: (619) 231-9712
Fax: (619) 231-1108
San Francisco
One Post Street, Suite 2450
San Francisco, CA 94104
Phone: (415) 393-0707
Fax: (415) 393-0710
Los Angeles
11111 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 915
Los Angeles, CA 90025
Phone: (310) 914-7300
Fax: (310) 914-7318
Washington DC:
Phone: (202) 224-3841
Fax: (202) 228-3954
TTY/TDD: (202) 224-2501
Fresno
2500 Tulare Street, Suite 4290
Fresno, CA 93721
Phone: (559) 485-7430
Fax: (559) 485-9689
I really hope somebody with real Democratic values runs against her. Unfortunately, we are stuck with her until 2013. Below is the story as covered by Crooks and Liars.
Senate Votes For Retroactive Immunity: Updated with Petition: “Can’t say I’m surprised, though it is a sad statement in and of itself that anticipating that our Congress will not do the morally right thing for the citizens is unsurprising, but hey, welcome to BushWorld.
TPM:Let there be no doubt: a majority of senators, and a large number of Democrats, think the telecoms should not suffer the hazard of accountability for cooperating with the administration’s warrantless wiretapping program. Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT) took to the floor last night to give a speech asking, ‘This is our defining question, the question that confronts every generation: The rule of law, or the rule of men?’ The resounding answer: the rule of men.
The Senate voted on the Dodd/Feingold amendment, which would have stripped retroactive immunity from the surveillance bill just now. The final tally was 31-67; crossing over to vote nay were Sens. Jay Rockefeller (D-WV), Evan Bayh (D-IA), Daniel Inouye (D-HI), Tim Johnson (D-SD), Herb Kohl (D-WI), Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Claire McCaskill (D-MO), Mark Pryor (D-AR), Blanche Lincoln (D-AR), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Ken Salazar (D-CO), Tom Carper (D-DE), Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), Jim Webb (D-VA), Ben Nelson (D-NE), Bill Nelson (D-FL), Kent Conrad (D-ND), and Debbie Stabenow (D-MI). Update: Here’s the official tally.Of the three presidential candidates in the Senate, Obama voted against immunity; McCain voted for it and Clinton was not present to vote. Jason Rosenbaum at The Seminal:
I just got off a conference call with Chris Dodd. Not surprisingly, he said he was ‘disappointed’ by the outcome of the votes today. He said, ‘We’ve just sanctioned the single largest invasion of privacy in American history.’
***We’re not done yet. FireDogLake has a petition to pressure the House to stand firm behind the RESTORE act. (link fixed)
Glenn Greenwald has a good wrap up of the day’s events.
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