Russ Feingold, the only senator to vote against the Patriot Act, is still just about the only one who seems to find it as thoroughly distasteful as I do:
"I will do everything I can, including a filibuster, to stop this Patriot Act conference report, which does not include adequate safeguards to protect our constitutional freedoms," said Sen. Russ Feingold…Meanwhile, the McClellatron 3000 issued its preprogrammed response.
Feingold and five other senators from both parties issued a statement that said, "We believe this conference report will not be able to get through the Senate." They said they wouldn't support it in any form.
The other senators are Republicans Larry Craig of Idaho, John Sununu of New Hampshire and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Democrats Dick Durbin of Illinois and Ken Salazar of Colorado.
(That’s his actual quote, btw.)
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