FISA Update: Retroactive Immunity Vote Likely Tomorrow MorningThe Senate has just renewed debate on the surveillance bill, but it appears that the most anticipated votes will occur at the very earliest tomorrow morning, or as late as Wednesday.
The two sides have yet to hash out the timing, but we hear that the two amendments dealing with retroactive immunity — that’s both the Feingold/Dodd amendment to strip retroactive immunity for the telecoms that cooperated with the administration’s warrantless wiretapping program and the Specter/Whitehouse amendment that would substitute the government in lawsuits related to the program — will be offered at the earliest tomorrow morning. But votes on the measures could come as late as Wednesday.
Once again, we’ll keep you updated as some of the other amendments are considered and things develop.