Bush’s attempt to temporarily amend the FISA law passed the House last night (227 to 183), with 41 Democrats voting with the Republicans to allow Bush & Gonzalez continue their attack on civil liberties. Only two Republicans voted against the measure.
The voting record of the Arizona representatives is as follows:
Republicans
Renzi, Franks, Shadegg, Flake - all "Yea"
Democrats
Pastor, Grijalva, Giffords - all "Nea"
Mitchell - "Yea"
Harry Mitchell should be ashamed of himself and certainly shouldn’t be supported by progressive voters in Arizona in 2008, those very same voters who campaigned hard for him last year.
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