Saturday, February 16, 2008

Thanks to Glenn Greenwald for the link. Glenn adds this:

Two mildly encouraging acts of rare defiance by the House today: (1) they [allowed] the Protect America Act to expire rather than be forced into voting for the Senate’s FISA bill under the same time pressures that forced them to vote last August for the PAA; and (2) they have voted to hold both Josh Bolton and Harriet Miers in contempt of Congress. These acts are more symbolic than anything — it is still far more likely than not that they’ll pass a bad FISA bill and the contempt citation will likely remain unenforced — but it is so rare for Congress to refuse to comply in full with the orders given to them by the White House that it’s worth noting when they do.

I’m more optimistic than that. This is Nancy Pelosi’s opportunity to work with Steny Hoyer to reaffirm our rights under the Constitution. As the primary elections show, we want change in this country, and the 2006 Congress owes us a beginning.

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