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Retroactive Telecom Immunity Approved

Nixon Would Be Proud

Remember kids, it's O.K. to break the law as long as you have the money, lobbyists and influence to re-write the law to make your illegal actions retroactively legal.

So. Very. Frustrating.

This isn't supposed to be what our party is about, folks. We're supposed to be the ones protecting the Constitution.

Here's the count on the Dodd-Feingold Amendment (Ayes-Nays):

Democratic Senators 31-18

Republican Senators and Joe Lieberman 0-49

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