Nancy Pelosi Still Fighting Telecom Immunity?

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There have been signs that the House of Representatives is ready to compromise (read: cave) on retroactive immunity for telecoms. This has angered many Democrats (including this one). This article indicates that maybe, just maybe, they're not ready to cave after all. But I'm not ready to get my hopes up yet.

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Pelosi: Surveillance Bill Focus Should Be on "Exclusivity"

. . .The Bush administration, which circumvented FISA to conduct its warrantless wiretapping program, does not want its hands tied. And a majority of Republicans helped vote down an exclusivity amendment offered by Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) in the Senate, where by bipartisan agreement, the measure required 60 votes. There is such a provision in the House's surveillance bill, which passed last year.

Pelosi says that she "absolutely" opposes retroactive immunity for the telecoms, but that she "didn't want the fight to be so focused there that we neglect exclusivity." Pelosi added that the House leadership was "at the mercy of the 17 or 18 Democrats in the Senate who are voting with the Republicans on this" and said that "we are trying to work with the Dems in the Senate to come to an agreement" on exclusivity, immunity, and other issues. . .

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