Activists see Senate Dems backing down to Bush, ready to give immunity to phone companies

As lawmakers hurry to clear their legislative plates before rushing home for Christmas dinner, it appears all-but-certain that Congress will not finish work to update a foreign spy law before the new year.

But votes expected this week and next in the Senate have civil libertarians worried about their prospects to block a proposal that would free telecommunications companies from legal oversight of their facilitation of President Bush's post-9/11 warrantless wiretapping scheme.

(Source: http://rawstory.com/news/2007/President_unlikely_to_see_wiretap_bill_1213.html)

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Once again, more proof that neither the democrats or the republicans represent the American people anymore.