points by buellerbueller 2 days ago | 0 comments
Give data, please. Without it, this assertion is useless:
> There’s still a sizable portion of the [Democratic] party as of right now that is against surveillance powers in a way that doesn’t really exist on the [Republican] side.
[–] Grombobulous 2 days ago
[–] cowlevel 2 days ago
And what was the vote on the same issue when democrats were in power?
[–] buellerbueller 2 days ago
No, they voted to not bring the extension bill to the floor. This was a vote on a house rule, which is necessary to affirm before debating and voting on the bill itself.
Majority of Democrats voted not to extend FISA, only a small handful of Republicans joined them to block debate on the bill.