BULLETIN: According to the folks at Democracy for America, Harry Reid has pulled the FISA bill off the Senate floor! His office (and other Senate offices) received so many calls complaining about Reid's craven capitulation to the Bushies that he caved in to us as well. The original post follows: Harry Reid is at it again, wimping out bigtime! The new version of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) has been held up because George W. Bush wants to give retroactive immunity to phone companies that illegally passed information to the federal government. The House passed a bill without immunity (good for them!), but the Senate has two versions. One version, passed out of the Intelligence committee (that seems to have no intelligence at all) would grant immunity. The other version, passed out of the Judiciary committee, would not. Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT) has placed a "hold" on the verison of the bill with immunity. In theory, that's supposed to kill immunity -- but Harry Reid won't let procedures get in the way of caving in to Bush again. He is going to move the bill, with immunity, to the Senate floor. The bill is S.2248, and there are several versions, all of which can be found at the Thomas website. What to do? Read on: I spoke with some people in Senator Dodd's office. They confirm that Reid is doing this, and suggest we call our own Senators in support of a filibuster. Don't let the phone companies get away with invading our privacy, don't let Harry Reid wimp out again, and don't let George W. Bush get away with it! Senator Clinton's NYC office number is 212-688-6262. Senator Schumer's NYC office number is 212-486-4430. Senate Majority "Leader" Harry Reid's DC number is 202-224-3542.