I guess the aggressive progressives got to some of the Democrats in the United States Senate.

The vote on retroactive immunity for the telecom giants has been delayed until July 7, according to a hurried and brief statement by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid this afternoon.

This is how the potential victory, at least in the short term, was reported by the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the group that has fought as hard as any other for our Fourth Amendment rights against illegal searches…

THE SENATE DELIVERED AN UNEXPECTED REPRIEVE ON TELECOM IMMUNITY THURSDAY NIGHT, deciding to delay the vote on the FISA Amendments Act until after the July 4th recess!

Earlier in the week, the mainstream press was reporting that the immunity bill would see swift and uncontested approval. Senate leaders emphasized that passing an immunity bill this week was one of their highest priorities. And yet, in the end, the bill simply wasn’t as uncontested and noncontroversial as the pundits and politicians thought it was. Overwhelming grassroots action and the efforts of Senators Dodd, Feingold, and Bingaman were critical in giving allies a broader window of opportunity to make an impact on telecom immunity legislation.

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I guess we won’t have to serve them those Florida tomatoes with the salmonella sauce after all : )

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