Bush's phone immunity bill wins Senate vote
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President George W. Bush's demand for immunity for telephone companies that participated in his warrantless domestic spying program won an initial victory on Monday in the U.S. Senate.
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The Senate Intelligence Committee approved a measure that would  grant immunity to telecom companies for their role in assisting government surveillance programs.
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President Bush Wednesday praised Congress for passing a massive intelligence reform bill after weeks of infighting to better protect the American people.
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The Senate rejected a bid to remove legal immunity for telecom providers that participated in a government surveillance program.
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A White House-backed bill that would   enable a secret court to review President George W. Bush's   warrantless domestic spying program won approval on Wednesday   from the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee.
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A Senate committee rebelled against  President George W. Bush on Thursday, passing a bill it said  would protect the rights of foreign terrorism suspects and  repair a U.S. image damaged by harsh treatment of detainees.
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The US Congress on Wednesday gave final approval to the biggest overhaul of US spy agencies in more than 50 years, sending the bill to President Bush for his signature.
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An overwhelming majority of the Senate voted to pass the intelligence-overhaul bill late this afternoon, and the White House said President Bush was willing to work with
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Bill grants legal immunity to telecommunications companies that aided government wiretapping.
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The Senate Intelligence Committee voted Thursday to strengthen court oversight of government surveillance while protecting telecommunications companies from civil lawsuits for tapping Americans' phones and computers without court approval.
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Bloomberg - Feb. 8 (Bloomberg) -- A group of 21 U.S. House Democrats said they would support a Senate measure that shields phone companies from privacy lawsuits for helping the government eavesdrop on suspected terrorists.
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In a victory for President George W. Bush, the House of Representatives on Wednesday defeated a Democratic bid to temporarily extend an expiring spy law instead of replacing it with a new measure that also would immunize telephone companies from lawsuits.
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President Bush is going all the way to get amnesty for the phone companies who assisted the government in what appear to be illegal wiretaps of American citizens.  The Senate, even though it's controlled by Democrats, went with this nonsense (roll call). The House acted as a firewall, and voted for FISA renewal without amnesty. Good for them. Among the Presidential candidates, Obama voted against amnesty (thanks), McCain voted for, as did all other Republicans, and Clinton didn't vote, even though she was in DC and could have.
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The House of Representatives passed   a bill on Thursday that would provide congressional   authorization for President George W. Bush's warrantless   domestic spying program but subject it to new rules.
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The Senate handed the White House a major victory by voting to give legal protection to phone companies that aided government wiretapping.
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The U.S. House of Representatives on   Wednesday passed a bill backed by President George W. Bush   setting rules for interrogating and trying foreign terrorism   suspects.
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The U.S. Senate on Friday overwhelmingly agreed to authorize construction of a fence along the U.S. border with Mexico, sending to President George W. Bush before the November 7 elections a bill that Republicans hope will showcase their efforts to stop illegal immigration.