Telcom Companies gave $8K to Democrats who changed their vote on FISA

I do believe that if Keith Olbermann doesn’t do a special comment, he will do a segment on it tomorrow.

Quote:

Last week, on June 20, the House of Representatives approved a compromise bill to amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA). The bill sets new electronic surveillance rules that effectively shield telecommunications companies from lawsuits resulting from the government’s warrantless eavesdropping on phone calls and viewing of emails of private citizens in the U.S. Approximately 40 lawsuits have been filed with potential damages totaling in the billions of dollars.

On March 14 of this year the House passed an amendment that rejected retroactive immunity for phone carriers who helped the National Security Agency carry out the illegal wiretapping program without proper warrants. Ninety-four House Democrats voted in favor of this measure–rejecting immunity–on March 14, then ‘changed’ to vote in favor of the June 20 House bill–approving immunity.

“Why did these ninety-four House members have a change of heart?” asked Daniel Newman, executive director of MAPLight.org, “Their constituents deserve answers.” – SPOTLIGHT: Telco PACs Gave $8K to Dems Who Changed Their Vote on FISA – (via MAPLight.org)

This does not surprise me in the least. Special interest has been a part of Politics and Washington D.C. for a long time. Obama claims that he is fighting against this, but I somehow doubt it.

The List of sell outs is:

1	29500	Clyburn, James	SC-6
2	29000	Hoyer, Steny	MD-5
3	28000	Emanuel, Rahm	IL-5
4	27500	Boucher, Frederick	VA-9
5	26000	Meeks, Gregory	NY-6
6	24500	Crowley, Joseph	NY-7
7	24500	Pelosi, Nancy	CA-8
8	24000	Bean, Melissa	IL-8
9	22500	Edwards, Thomas	TX-17
10	22100	Baca, Joe	CA-43
11	21500	Engel, Eliot	NY-17
12	19000	Bishop, Sanford	GA-2
13	18500	Moore, Dennis	KS-3
14	18500	Spratt, John	SC-5
15	18500	Thompson, Bennie	MS-2
16	16000	Melancon, Charles	LA-3
17	15500	Cuellar, Henry	TX-28
18	15500	Stupak, Bart	MI-1
19	15000	Ackerman, Gary	NY-5
20	14800	Butterfield, George	NC-1
21	14300	Tanner, John	TN-8
22	14000	Kind, Ronald	WI-3
23	13500	Barrow, John	GA-12
24	13500	Gordon, Barton	TN-6
25	12500	Costa, Jim	CA-20
26	12500	Ross, Mike	AR-4
27	12000	Green, Al	TX-9
28	12000	Hinojosa, Rubén	TX-15
29	11000	Cardoza, Dennis	CA-18
30	11000	Schiff, Adam	CA-29
31	10000	Boswell, Leonard	IA-3
32	9000	Boyd, F.	FL-2
33	9000	Tauscher, Ellen	CA-10
34	8500	Skelton, Ike	MO-4
35	8000	Ellsworth, Brad	IN-8
36	7500	Gutierrez, Luis	IL-4

37	7500	Rahall, Nick	WV-3
38	7000	Harman, Jane	CA-36
39	7000	Langevin, James	RI-2
40	7000	Lipinski, Daniel	IL-3
41	7000	Reyes, Silvestre	TX-16
42	6500	Matheson, Jim	UT-2
43	6500	Scott, David	GA-13
44	6500	Wilson, Charles	OH-6
45	6000	Cleaver, Emanuel	MO-5
46	6000	Etheridge, Bob	NC-2
47	6000	Herseth Sandlin, Stephanie	SD-0
48	6000	Salazar, John	CO-3
49	5500	Hastings, Alcee	FL-23
50	5500	McCarthy, Carolyn	NY-4
51	5500	McIntyre, Mike	NC-7
52	5000	Davis, Artur	AL-7
53	5000	Murtha, John	PA-12
54	5000	Ortiz, Solomon	TX-27
55	4500	Brown, Corrine	FL-3
56	4500	Donnelly, Joe	IN-2
57	4000	Berman, Howard	CA-28
58	4000	Bishop, Timothy	NY-1
59	4000	Dicks, Norman	WA-6
60	4000	Lowey, Nita	NY-18
61	4000	Mahoney, Tim	FL-16
62	3000	Murphy, Patrick	PA-8
63	3000	Smith, Adam	WA-9
64	2500	Arcuri, Michael	NY-24
65	2000	Altmire, Jason	PA-4
66	2000	Castor, Kathy	FL-11
67	2000	Chandler, Ben	KY-6
68	2000	Giffords, Gabrielle	AZ-8
69	2000	Higgins, Brian	NY-27
70	2000	McNerney, Jerry	CA-11
71	2000	Mitchell, Harry	AZ-5
72	2000	Pomeroy, Earl	ND-0
73	2000	Sherman, Brad	CA-27
74	2000	Sires, Albio	NJ-13
75	1000	Berkley, Shelley	NV-1
76	1000	Boyda, Nancy	KS-2
77	1000	Gillibrand, Kirsten	NY-20
78	1000	Kanjorski, Paul	PA-11
79	1000	Kildee, Dale	MI-5
80	1000	Klein, Ron	FL-22
81	1000	Perlmutter, Ed	CO-7
82	1000	Rodriguez, Ciro	TX-23
83	1000	Space, Zackary	OH-18
84	0	Baird, Brian	WA-3

85	Berry, Robert	AR-1
86	Marshall, James	GA-8
87	Peterson, Collin	MN-7
88	Richardson, Laura	CA-37
89	Ruppersberger, C.A.	MD-2
90	Sestak, Joe	PA-7
91	Snyder, Victor	AR-2
92	Taylor, Gene	MS-4
93	Udall, Mark	CO-2
94	Yarmuth, John	KY-3

Unbelievable. So much for the Democrat’s idea of new politics, all this talk of hope and change, is nothing more than a well orchestrated sham.

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