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Obama FISA's Out (Smashed Frog)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:12:44 GMT

I understand the betrayal felt by my progressive friends. I understand the flat disbelief that Barack Obama--and Nancy Pelosi and Steny Hoyer-- would support the FISA Amendments Act of 2008, "a Senate bill that would rewrite intelligence laws and effectively grant immunity to telecommunications companies that participated in the Bush administration's warrantless wiretapping program."...

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Feingold on FISA Bill: 'This is a terrible piece of legislation' (UncommonSense)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 20:16:00 GMT

Senator Russ Feingold talks about his determination to keep Steny Hoyer's FISA capitulation bill from becoming law [Via Glenn Greenwald]. Key graphs: "It's got two major problems. One is very well known - the retroactive immunity for telephone companies who may not have actually followed the law, instead just complying potentially with the government in giving up our private information...

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Telecom Amnesty Foes Lobby Obama Using Obama Tech (Threat Level)

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:52:32 GMT

A coalition of left-leaning bloggers ran this ad in the Washington Post, attacking House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer for shepherding a telecom amnesty bill through Congress. Credit: ActBlue An online campaign to scuttle a deal giving retroactive amnesty to telecoms that helped the government warrantlessly...

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Parsing Obama (BooMan Tribune)

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 18:43:02 GMT

One of Chris Bowers' pet peeves, and I admire him for it, is when Democrats justify their actions by reference to the political ramifications of their actions. A recent example was provided by Steny Hoyer: In an interview with Politico on Monday, Hoyer called the FISA legislation a "significant victory" for the Democratic Party - one that neutralized an issue Republicans might...

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PRO-CON: Was recent House approval of a sweeping rewrite of U.S. domestic-spying powers a wise move? NO (News: Opinion -- KansasCity.com)

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 02:01:00 GMT

It's clear from the summary that the immunity provisions are as bad as civil libertarians feared. Here's U.S. Rep. Steny Hoyer's summary of the improvements:

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Steny Hoyer in the Washington Post (Firedoglake)

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 23:15:50 GMT

Kobe was reading his copy of the Washington Post this morning when he came across this fine ad by Color of Change and Blue America that told him Steny Hoyer wanted to give the government the same powers to spy on people that they had used against Martin Luther King and Malcolm X.Kobe had thought those days were over, that we head learned our lesson but now he realized that wasn't

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House Democrats (Boing Boing)

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:17:43 GMT

Julian Sanchez of The American Prospect writes that the House Democrats who say the FISA bill they voted for is a "compromise" are liars, unless you define "'compromise" as a "shameful or disreputable concession,' which fits the deal brokered by Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) to a tee." The award for the most bald-faced lie on the House floor Friday, however, goes to Speaker Nancy...

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House passes Americans with Disabilities Act amendments (JURIST)

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:25:00 GMT

[JURIST] The US House voted 402-17 to approve the Americans with Disabilities Amendments Act of 2008 Wednesday. The bill makes it easier for employees with mental or physical handicaps to prove they are victims of workplace or hiring discrimination. Bill co-sponsor Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD) said that the new legislation closed gaps in the law that denied protections to workers with many...

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Pictures from the ADA Restoration Press Event (JFActivist)

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 02:18:03 GMT

The sticker advocates wore, which reads: "Support H.R. 3195, The ADA Amendments Act of 2008" A crowd gathers in anticipation of the press conference beginning Majority Leader Steny Hoyer shakes the hand of Rep. Sensenbrenner as they both head to...

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Feingold on FISA “Compromise”: “It’s not even a fig leaf; it’s a joke.” (Crooks and Liars)

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 23:30:55 GMT

Senator Russ Feingold joined Amy Goodman of Democracy Now! Tuesday to speak out about the reprehensible FISA “compromise” brokered by House Leader Steny Hoyer. Feingold has always been the most articulate and outspoken voice on Constitutional liberties, and he sure didn’t hold back. Download | Play Download | Play SEN. RUSS FEINGOLD: It’s not even a [...]

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Let Them Go To Berlin (Firedoglake)

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 23:02:03 GMT

45 years ago, John F. Kennedy gave a speech in Berlin, urging those who do not understand freedom to come to Berlin. Steny Hoyer and his Democratic colleagues who are busy carrying water for BushCo's warrantless wiretapping and telecom immunity might want to listen to what Kennedy had to say.

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Robocall to Steny Hoyer by Reverend Lennox Yearwood (democrats.com)

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 22:39:17 GMT

Listen to Rev and Call Hoyer. Then Call Rev and Tell Him to Run for Congress in Hoyer's district!

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STENY HOYER GETS SOME PATCH THROUGH CALLS-- WHILE RUSS FEINGOLD BATTLES TO SAVE THE CONSTITUTION (DownWithTyranny!)

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 19:45:00 GMT

Rev. Lennox Yearwood, Jr. is probably best known as the President of the Hip Hop Caucus and for his tireless work on behalf of Gulf Coast renewal after Katrina. A member of the Iraq Veterans Against the War and an officer in the U.S. Air Force Reserve, he happens to be a resident of Steny Hoyer's Maryland district. As part of the Blue America campaign to hold Hoyer-- "the best...

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Dems In Disarray (Power Line)

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 19:25:10 GMT

Yesterday, the Democrats' House leadership announced with considerable fanfare that Nancy Pelosi, Steny Hoyer, James Clyburn, Rahm Emanuel and John Larson would hold a news conference at 11:30 this morning "to discuss the New Direction Congress' efforts to lower gas prices." Here is the press release; click to enlarge: This morning, the news conference was canceled. The Democrats don't...

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Robocalls to Steny Hoyer on Telecom Immunity (Firedoglake)

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:15:09 GMT

Today Color of Change and Blue America have robocalls going out to Steny Hoyer's constituents, recorded by Reverend Lennox Yearwood who is from the district and paid for by your donations. It's an outrage that ordinary people have to suffer the full burden of an inequitable justice system, and the human rights violations committed in a tyrannical prison system, and Steny works...

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Democrats Slam Steny Hoyer For His Work On FISA (Stop the ACLU)

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 03:55:40 GMT

Cross Posted From Wake up America The Politico did a piece on the work that Steny Hoyer did on the compromise FISA bill, detailing how Hoyer got the deal done, the work he put into it, the fact that he knew that he was going to be slammed for compromise bill and how he was still [...]

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Democrats: appalling scum who deserve your unstinting support (BTC News)

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 23:58:25 GMT

Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama has followed the lead of House majority leader Steny Hoyer (D-AT&T) and House speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Vichy) and endorsed a “compromise” electronic surveillance bill that legitimates the Nixon-Cheney belief that the presidency confers immunity from any law the current holder of it chooses to ignore. Even better, it offers [...]

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Democrats Slam Steny Hoyer For His Work On FISA (Wake Up America)

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 19:55:00 GMT

The Politico did a piece on the work that Steny Hoyer did on the compromise FISA bill, detailing how Hoyer got the deal done, the work he put into it, the fact that he knew that he was going to be slammed for compromise bill and how he was still willing to get the work finished and the far left liberals are howling and starting an active campaign against Hoyer. From The...

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Steny Hoyer: The Face of Defeat (Progressive World Review)

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 19:50:30 GMT

In one short statement, House Majority leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) summed up the reason why we can’t count on the Democratic party to stand up for either the Constitution or the American people. While Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI) characterized the recent passage of FISA “a capitulation,” Hoyer has declared it a “victory”. From the Politico, In [...]

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When Is A Compromise Not A Compromise? (ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES)

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 19:04:00 GMT

I'm scratching my divine head over the great victory Steny Hoyer has achieved by forcing the Republicans to compromise on the changes to the FISA (Foreign Intelligence Security Act). Remember all the furor over the warrantless wiretapping of Americans, over massive data-mining operations and over the retroactive immunity promises to the telecoms who participated in that? It would seem...

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