December 03, 2007
FISA Bills Face Dissension & Tight Schedule
The Senate plans to take up legislation as early as this week to rein in the Bush administration's spying powers, even though major differences remain between members, and at least two Democrats are vowing to put up procedural roadblocks.
But any floor action on the legislation is expected to be crammed into an already-tight schedule before the end of the year.
"I think it is extremely unlikely that it will be pushed off until January," one aide said. "We fully expect to deal with this in the coming work period."
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., plans to bring to the floor a bill approved by the Senate Intelligence Committee to revamp the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, his spokesman said, and a second bill approved by the Judiciary Committee will be offered on the floor as a substitute amendment.
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