According To Hoyer

Steny Hoyer is in Glennzilla's sights. Pity Steny Hoyer.

It is now definitively clear that House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer is the driving force behind a bill -- written by GOP Sen. Kit Bond -- to vest the President with vast new warrantless eavesdropping powers and to vest lawbreaking telecoms with amnesty [...]

As a result, there is a major new campaign beginning today aimed at Hoyer and a handful of other key members of Congress who enable telecom immunity and warrantless eavesdropping. In order to raise as much money as possible for this campaign -- far more than the $85,000 raised (and still being spent) in Chris Carney's district as a result of his support for warrantless eavesdropping and telecom amnesty -- we are working to create an alliance with numerous organizations and factions across the ideological spectrum which oppose civil liberties erosions, as well as with as many blogs as possible (modeled vaguely after the ideologically diverse alliance that has arisen in Britain in opposition to the sprawling, lawless surveillance state).
We hope to announce details about the participating individuals and groups very shortly. But given the time pressures, it's vital to be able to have as many resources as possible, as quickly as possible, for this campaign. The more money raised, the greater the disruptive impact will be.

You can donate here. Hoyer is part of the working conservative majority that is working to immunize the Bush Administration for lawbreaking and undermine the Democratic Congress. He has nothing but contempt for the rule of law, and he wishes only to accumulate more power and control Congress for decades. He doesn't think the section of the electorate that believes in civil liberties can hurt him or cut into his power. He's wrong. Yesterday progressive Donna Edwards was elected to Congress and she's only the beginning. Hoyer was apparently at the victory celebration and there's no doubt he'll try to assimilate her into the Borg.

I almost have more respect for Hoyer, because you know where you stand with him, than for someone like Harry Reid who tries to oppose the FISA bill while allowing it to go forward at the same time.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said he wouldn't support the deal, which would break an impasse over whether U.S. telephone companies alleged to have participated in the government's warrantless wiretapping program should be given immunity from civil lawsuits.

Many Democrats are still anxious about the proposed agreement, which would place lawsuits involving telephone companies in federal courts.

"I will not support that, but a lot of people will," Reid said.

Actually, Harry, if you don't support it, you could go ahead and not bring it up for a vote. It sounds like Reid and Dick Durbin are against it, and Durbin intimates that members of the House leadership don't like it. Hoyer is steamrolling everybody on this.

The leader of the party could shut it down tomorrow. Sen. Obama, our nation turns its lonely eye to you. As for Hoyer, he'll get his comeuppance as well.