Politics Will the Real Patriots Please Stand Up?
Sens. Murray and Cantwell joined 13 other Democrats with their votes to keep filibustering the PATRIOT Act yesterday.
However, with 55 Republicans and 29 Democrats (including Hillary C., Edward Kennedy, Harry Reid, Dianne Fienstein, and Evan Bayh) voting to move ahead, the pro-filibuster crowd (which also included lead PATRIOT Act opponent Russ Feingold) was nowhere near the 41 votes needed to continue standing up to Bush.
Cantwell saves her fillibusters for when they're most needed.