[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 1]
[Senate]
[Page 940]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                            VOTE EXPLANATION

  Mr. NELSON of Florida. Mr. President, I was necessarily absent for 
today's cloture votes on the Rockefeller-Bond Substitute amendment No. 
3911 and the Reid amendment No. 3918 to S. 2246, the FISA legislation. 
Had I been present, I would have voted ``no'' on No. 3911 and ``aye'' 
on No. 3918.
  I believe that now is the time for the full Senate to consider and 
debate the difficult questions raised in this legislation. The Senate 
should consider and vote on important amendments relating to the 
protection of Americans' civil liberties and the question of immunity 
for telecommunications providers.

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