Reid castigated the Republicans for not allowing debate and discussion on amendments that would have required reports on the goverment’s secret wiretapping program, re-affirmed that spying could only happen by following wiretap law, and strengthened bans on the government finding loopholes to target Americans for surveillance without getting warrants first.
“We offered an extension of the current law for a month, several months, a year, 18 months,” Reid said. “But the Republican leadership don’t want to extend the program.”
“It is really not fair we be asked to accept hthis without being able to vote on a single amendment,” Reid complained.
Poor guy. It sure would be nice if the Democrats were in the majority so Reid had some control over the legislative calendar.
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