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Dodd And Feingold Will Filibuster Telecom Immunity — Senators Chris Dodd (D-CT) and Russ Feingold (D-WI) released the following statement today in response to the announcement that the Senate this week will consider the compromise legislation that would reform the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA):

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Pamela Heisey / MAPLight.org:

SPOTLIGHT: Telco PACs Gave $8K to Dems Who Changed Their Vote on FISA — For Immediate Release: — HOUSE DEMS WHO CHANGED THEIR VOTE TO SUPPORT FISA BILL, GIVING IMMUNITY TO TELCOS, RECEIVED, ON AVERAGE, $8,359 IN PAC CONTRIBUTIONS FROM VERIZON, AT&T, AND SPRINT

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dodd.senate.gov:

Senator Dodd Speaks in Opposition to FISA Bill on Floor of U.S. Senate — Click image to play video — Remarks as Prepared - Mr. President: I rise—once again—to voice my strong opposition to the misguided FISA legislation before us today. I have strong reservations about the so-called improvements …

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Matt / Think Progress:

Reid to co-sponsor effort to strip retroactive immunity from FISA bill. (Updated) — Earlier today, Sens. Chris Dodd (D-CT) and Russ Feingold (D-WI) promised to do everything they can to strip retroactive immunity from “compromise” wiretapping legislation, including a filibuster.

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Dday / Hullabaloo:
Block That Kick — Senator Reid just informed his colleagues …

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Chris Frates / The Crypt's Blogs:
Dems who flipped on FISA immunity see more telecom cash

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Doyle McManus / Los Angeles Times:

Obama holds 12-point lead over McCain, poll finds — A Times/Bloomberg Poll says that in a two-man contest, 49% of respondents favor Barack Obama, while 37% support John McCain. With Ralph Nader and Bob Barr added to the mix, Obama holds 15-point edge. — » Discuss Article WASHINGTON …

Nate / FiveThirtyEight.com:

Today's Polls, 6/24 — Why haven't the Democrats thought about nominating a Midwestern candidate before? States like Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa and Missouri have all traditionally been swing states, giving the region the most fertile electoral soil on the map, winnable by either party in any given cycle.

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Heidi Przybyla / Bloomberg:
Obama Leads McCain by 15 Points as Voters Reject Republicans

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Marc Ambinder:

Why Bill Clinton's Miffed At Obama — In politics, Hillary Clinton speaks for the Clinton family now, and aside from her campaign debt, she has no real difficulty supporting Barack Obama privately and publicly. — But Bill Clinton has a beef. A Democrat who has spoken directly to Clinton …

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Jay Newton-Small / Swampland:
Obama Asks Donors to Raise Money For Clinton

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Nedra Pickler / Associated Press:
Bill Clinton Offers Support to Obama

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WSJ.com: With Clinton Out, More Boys on the Bus

Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:

Color Oregon blue? — A fairly stunning new ad from Oregon's Republican senator Gordon Smith leaves little doubt as to which way the wind is blowing there. — In the ad, Smith, running hard away from Bush, associates himself at length and explicitly with Obama.

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Marc Ambinder:
I've Never Seen An Ad Like This

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Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
GOP Senator Runs New Ad Touting His Work With Barack Obama

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Alexander Mooney / CNN:

Dobson accuses Obama of ‘distorting’ Bible — (CNN) — One of the country's leading evangelical leaders is accusing Sen. Barack Obama of deliberately distorting the Bible and taking a “fruitcake interpretation” of the U.S. Constitution. — In comments to be aired on his radio show Tuesday …

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Larry Rohter / New York Times:
Evangelical Leader Attacks Obama on Religious Views

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Mike O'Shea / Concurring Opinions:

So Let's Say Justice Scalia Writes D.C. v. Heller ... Tomorrow may be the big day. (Or we might have to wait again. At least I'm improving my calcium intake.) Court-watchers have noticed that, with the issuance of yesterday's opinion by Justice Souter in the right-to-counsel case …

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Maria Gavrilovic / CBS News:

Obama To Hammer McCain On Offshore Drilling “Gimmick” — From CBS News' Maria Gavrilovic: — (LAS VEGAS) Offshore drilling continues to be a major sticking point between Barack Obama and John McCain, and the two candidates are still jabbing at each other's position for the second week.

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Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
Obama: McCain Has Failed Us On Energy “For Decades”

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Alex Kingsbury / US News:

Seizing Laptops and Cameras Without Cause — A controversial customs practice creates a legal backlash — Returning from a brief vacation to Germany in February, Bill Hogan was selected for additional screening by customs officials at Dulles International Airport outside Washington …

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Jesse McKinley / New York Times:

An Honor That Bush Is Unlikely to Embrace — SAN FRANCISCO — Reagan has his highways. Lincoln has his memorial. Washington has the capital (and a state, too). But President Bush may soon be the sole president to have a memorial named after him that you can contribute to from the bathroom.

Aaron Blake / The Hill:

Cannon apparently ousted in primary — Rep. Chris Cannon (R-Utah) early Wednesday morning appeared on his way to becoming the third House incumbent to lose a primary this year, falling to former gubernatorial aide Jason Chaffetz. — Chaffetz, a former chief of staff to Gov. Jon Huntsman …

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Steve Clemons / The Washington Note:

BREAKING: Bush Administration to Ask Congress on Thursday to REMOVE North Korea from TERROR WATCH LIST — (Asst. Secretary of State for East Asia Christopher Hill) — Tonight, The Washington Note confirmed that the Bush administration will “ask Congress” to de-list North Korea from America's “terrorist watch list.”

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