[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Page 12682]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                            FISA LEGISLATION

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, on another issue, Senator Bond reports 
that the FISA discussions have yielded a rough compromise that may be 
acceptable to the DNI, the White House, and the chairs and ranking 
members of the Intelligence Committees. Because the House leadership 
has denied a majority of House Members a vote on the acceptable Senate-
passed bill last year, the burden remains on House leaders to prove 
they are capable of passing FISA legislation that the President will 
sign.

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