2008-06-20 House approves overhaul of wiretap laws
{{#vardefine:keylist|}}{{#vardefine:Date|2008-06-20}}{{#vardefine:keylist|{{#var:keylist}}\Date}}{{#vardefine:Date.disp|2008-06-20}}{{#vardefine:Date.disp|[[{{#var:Date}}]]}}{{#vardefine:Topics|\Bush wiretaps\FISA\110th US Congress}}{{#vardefine:keylist|{{#var:keylist}}\Topics}}{{#vardefine:Topics.disp|\Bush wiretaps\FISA\110th US Congress}}{{#vardefine:URL|http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/06/20/congress.wiretaps/}}{{#vardefine:keylist%7C{{#var:keylist}}\URL}}{{#vardefine:URL.disp%7Chttp://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/06/20/congress.wiretaps/}}{{#vardefine:Title%7CHouse approves overhaul of wiretap laws}}{{#vardefine:keylist|{{#var:keylist}}\Title}}{{#vardefine:Title.disp|House approves overhaul of wiretap laws}}{{#vardefine:Text|“The House on Friday approved a bipartisan plan to overhaul the nation's wiretapping laws. .. The House vote was 293-129, with 188 Republicans and 105 Democrats voting for it. .. One Republican voted against the measure, which now moves to the Senate. ... The deal breaks a four-month impasse between the Bush administration and Congress over whether to protect telecommunication companies that took part in a program critics say was illegal.” Commentary on this event: Dana Hunter, with links to others}}{{#vardefine:keylist|{{#var:keylist}}\Text}}{{#vardefine:Text.disp|“The House on Friday approved a bipartisan plan to overhaul the nation's wiretapping laws. .. The House vote was 293-129, with 188 Republicans and 105 Democrats voting for it. .. One Republican voted against the measure, which now moves to the Senate. ... The deal breaks a four-month impasse between the Bush administration and Congress over whether to protect telecommunication companies that took part in a program critics say was illegal.” Commentary on this event: Dana Hunter, with links to others}} {{#xploop:{{#var:Topics}}||}} {{#xploop:{{#var:keylist}}|\n* $s$: \o#var:$s$.disp\c}}