Redstate

I am sure we will have more on the front page later, but the Senate has rejected all amendments to the FISA bill and voted for cloture. There will be no filibuster, Chris Dodd and his netroot friends' threats to the contrary - only 29 Senators voted against bringing the bill to the floor, with all Republicans voting for cloture except the absent Lindsey Graham. The Democrats also got only 31 votes to strip the telecom immunity provisions, and 30 votes (with Arlen Specter the only Republican voting Yes) on Specter's amendment to allow lawsuits with the U.S. taxpayer substituted for the telephone companies. On all three votes, Barack Obama, as usual, joined the left-wing extremists in voting to derail the bill, and hapless Harry Reid joined him; Hillary, typically, missed the votes.