In a comment on What does it mean to "get FISA right"?, Ben Masel wrote:
I caught up with Senator Feingold last Sunday, at his Birthday Party/Re-election fundraiser.
He’s going to give the Administration “a few more weeks” to come up with a bill to roll back the FISA amendments, introduce his own bill if they don’t.
One more reason why Get FISA Right ♡ Senator Feingold!
First of all, I haven’t seen this reported elsewhere, so it may well be a scoop for Get FISA Right. Digg it!* Please retweet!** And please help Get FISA Right get the word out about this news on Facebook!
What do we think should be in the legislation? Good question! See Jim Burrows’ What does it mean to "get FISA right"? for some initial opinions — and please share your perspectives!
And from an activism perspective, now’s the time to be thinking about how we can help. There are already some initial ideas on the Get FISA Right blog … feedback and other suggestions welcome!
jon
* if you’re not familiar with digg, we’ve got a handy intro on the Get FISA Right wiki!
** new to Twitter? check out Deanna Zandt’s Why Twitter, anyways? and A non-fanatical beginner’s guide to Twitter and the other great resources on the #p2 ("progressives 2.0") Twitter page.
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glad to hear we’re not ready to continue letting our constitutional rights remain under the bus..
This could be a very big deal, especially since a progressive movement political icon like Sen. Feingold can reinvigorate the massive energy as evidenced by the 20,000 Obama supporters to protest his defense of the telecoms on his own social network this summer as part of the Get Fisa Right effort.
I’m also hoping that Accountability Now gets on board considering a few of their main bloggers were able to have a meeting with Feingold and create a video interview of him last year.
As a student activist in Wisconsin I plan on asking Feingold about this again at one of his listening sessions he holds in Wisconsin (which act as open meetings where he answers everyone in the audiences who has a question). We need to pursue as close to direct coordination with his office as we can on this to close the roots gap and make sure that our activism in this regard is as targeted and effective as possible!
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