GUEST, MM says:

"The Democrats will not repeal the Patriot Act."


This summer, the Patriot act came up for re-authorization. Did the Democrats block it? Did they all join hands and vote against it? Here is what the Socialist-run web sight The Guardian has to say:


"When the key vote came Thursday, Feingold found he was not entirely alone. Along with Vermont Independent Jim Jeffords, eight Democrats joined Feingold in voting "no" to reauthorization. The eight were:

Hawaii's Daniel Akaka
New Mexico's Jeff Bingaman
West Virginia's Robert Byrd
Iowa's Tom Harkin
Vermont's Patrick Leahy
Michigan's Carl Levin
Washington's Patty Murray
Oregon's Ron Wyden.

While Feingold was not on his own this time, the vote was still lopsided -- 89-10 to renew and extend expiring portions of the Patriot Act, with Hawaii Democrat Dan Inouye not voting. Despite earlier talk...all Republicans and the vast majority of Senate Democrats sided with the Bush White House in favor of legislation..."