Feingold says he'll filibuster Patriot Act extension

Thank you, jc, for pointing out this article from the New York Times.

A tentative deal to extend the government's antiterrorism powers under the law known as the USA Patriot Act appeared in some jeopardy Thursday, as Senate Democrats threatened to mount a filibuster in an effort to block the legislation.

"This is worth the fight," Senator Russell D. Feingold, a Wisconsin Democrat who serves on the Judiciary Committee, said in an interview.

"I've cleared my schedule right up to Thanksgiving," Mr. Feingold said, adding that he was making plans to read aloud from the Bill of Rights as part of a filibuster if necessary.

You can read the rest of the article here. It's just such a pleasant change to see a Democrat say something is worth fighting for--even to the point of a filibuster, that I just have to give the guy a Howardly.



'Course, if he weasels out or backpedals, I have no qualms about taking it back. All Democrats should consider themselves on notice: you have to earn a Deaniac's support.

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