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U.S. Lawmakers Defer FISA Legislation Vote For A Week

A Dow Jones newswire article, via CNN/Money, reports that:

Lawmakers on the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday deferred a vote on controversial legislation underpinning the government's warrantless wiretapping program until next week.

Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., the ranking minority member of the panel, made the request to delay consideration of the bill after the Committee Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., proposed a lengthy series of amendments to the bill at a mark-up.

The committee leadership had already determined that any decision on the most contentious aspect of the legislation - whether to grant telephone companies immunity for participating in the warrantless wiretapping program - would not be made until next week.

posted by Fergie @ 11/08/2007 02:52:00 PM