The NYT does some really crappy reporting on a potential auto bridge.

CSPAN’s stream is being a bit cranky, but I’ve got Kit Bond on the old style teevee, and boy I’m not a fashion maven, but I wouldn’t wear a red tie with a pink shirt.

Votes on two Feingold amendments.

Scottish Haggis started making a list yesterday of the statutes

Senator Feingold noticed the same thing I noticed today: Republican opponents of his amendments are mischaracterizing his amendments.

[Bond] referred to our concerns that somehow the rights and privacy could be affected by this bill as “tired accusations.” I object to that characterization. I think that this is clearly the kind of thing we should be worried about and debating, but I’ll tell you what is a “tired accusation”–the notion that somehow

Russ Feingold tries to save the Constitution.

Three amendments up, no votes today. The first two Feingold amendments prohibit bulk collection and reverse targeting. The third, with Dodd, is immunity.

Feingold on Reverse Targeting

Director of Intelligence has testified that reverse targeting is violation of 4th amendment.

Notes Senator from GA has said reverse targeting is possible.

[Placing declassified documents in record]

This confirms that when FBI has interest in American, up to FBI whether to seek a warrant.

Reid is on the floor talking about what votes we’ll have tomorrow:ImmunitySubstitutionExclusivityArgh. This means we won’t have 60 there for exclusivity.

Apparently, Reid has brokered a Unanimous Consent agreement that everyone, from Feingold and Dodd to Jeff “Mutual Defense” Sessions, have bought off on.

Using cboldt’s rough draft of what we’ve got, here are which amendments remain under consideration and how many votes they need to pass:Four amendments will pass automatically, with the adoption of the Unanimous Consent agreement.

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