Posted by Jed Lewison on Sun Apr 27, 2008 at 3:53 PM Pacific

The more things stay the same...

This is pretty funny, in an absurd sort of way. NYT, June 6, 1995:

And before beginning the Memorial Day recess, the Republican-controlled Senate voted 52 to 28 to table the White House proposal to expand emergency wiretapping authority, which Mr. Dole argued could erode constitutional protections on privacy.

Update: Here's a link to the roll call on that vote, which took place on May 26, 1995. Interestingly enough, John McCain was not present for the vote. Hmmm...I wonder if he skipped out on the vote to go on vacation somewhere? Meanwhile, in late February, John McCain called Congress "disgraceful...worse than embarrassing" when it refused to offer immunity to telephone companies participating in illegal wiretaps.

The more things stay the same...

This is pretty funny, in an absurd sort of way. NYT, June 6, 1995:

And before beginning the Memorial Day recess, the Republican-controlled Senate voted 52 to 28 to table the White House proposal to expand emergency wiretapping authority, which Mr. Dole argued could erode constitutional protections on privacy.

Update: Here's a link to the roll call on that vote, which took place on May 26, 1995. Interestingly enough, John McCain was not present for the vote. Hmmm...I wonder if he skipped out on the vote to go on vacation somewhere? Meanwhile, in late February, John McCain called Congress "disgraceful...worse than embarrassing" when it refused to offer immunity to telephone companies participating in illegal wiretaps.

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