the body politek

By Brian Beutler, The Media Consortium
July 10, 2008
Sen. Russ Feingold (D-Wis.) has emerged as one of the Senate's most outspoken defenders of civil liberties, casting the lone vote against the Patriot Act in 2001 and leading the charge against domestic spying and immunity for the telecom companies that provided customer data to the government under the Bush administration's warrantless surveillance program. His efforts were set back on Tuesday, when the Senate passed the Protect America Act, by a 69 to 28 vote (with 21 Democrats voting "aye").

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