Comments on: Bay Area House members split on FISA vote

By: McNerney defends FISA votes to constituents - Political Blotter - Politics in the Bay Area and beyond

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 03:11:36 +0000

[...] Bay Area House members split on FISA vote [...]

By: Christopher

Christopher — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:00:46 +0000

House Democrats who flipped their votes to support retroactive immunity for telecom companies in last week’s FISA bill took thousands of dollars more from phone companies than Democrats who consistently voted against legislation with an immunity provision.

According to an analysis by MAPLight.org, 94 Democrats who changed their positions received on average $8,359 in contributions from Verizon, AT&T and Sprint from January, 2005, to March, 2008.

Retroactive immunity could squash about 40 lawsuits pending against telecommunication companies that helped the government monitor the telecommunications traffic of Americans without warrants.

The top ten U.S. House recipients of telecom contributions include:

1. Rep. James Clyburn, $29,500
2. Rep. Steny Hoyer, $29,000
3. Rep. Rahm Emanuel, $28,000
4. Rep. Frederick Boucher, $27,500
5. Rep. Gregory Meeks, $26,000
6. Rep. Joseph Crowley, $24,500
7. Speaker Nancy Pelosi, $24,500
8. Rep. Melissa Bean, $24,000
9. Rep. Thomas Edwards, $22,500
10. Rep. Joe Baca, $22,100

So let’s be clear. Pelosi was bought like a high-priced whore by the telecom giants to flip on her FISA vote.

It’s time for the good people of San Francisco to toss her out of the House and return her to Pacific Heights and teas and charity events with the society swells.

By: Follow the money on the FISA vote - Political Blotter - Politics in the Bay Area and beyond

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 16:59:51 +0000

[...] Bay Area House members split on FISA vote [...]

By: xoites

xoites — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 20:45:04 +0000

Repeal FISA is up and running. Anyone who wants to is welcome to sign up and become a Poster on it. The purpose of the blog is to organize a drive to repeal the FISA laws and all laws that pardon or give immunity from prosecution anyone who has violated the Constitution during the Bush Administration.

That is why we want everyone to be able to Post so they can start a conversation about an idea they have to make this happen.

Stop on by and check it out. By all means leave a comment and sign up to blog with us as we figure out what needs to be done to return our Fourth Amendment Rights and our rule of law.

If you have a blog already and you become a poster we will link to your site.

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By: Michele Donovan

Michele Donovan — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 04:35:26 +0000

To those members who sought to uphold the Constitution by voting against this bill, I thank you for your integrity and your honorable service to the people.