<feed version="0.3" xml:lang="en-us" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><generator>Plime/1</generator><title>Senate approves bill to broaden wiretap powers : ATOM 0.3</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://politics.plime.com/"/><tagline>Senate approves bill to broaden wiretap powers : ATOM 0.3</tagline><author><name>politics.plime.com</name><email>plime@plime.com</email></author><copyright>2010, politics.plime.com.</copyright><modified>2010-03-14T21:19:39+01:00</modified><entry><title><![CDATA[Senate approves bill to broaden wiretap powers]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://politics.plime.com/politics/l/68307/1/" /><id>68307</id><summary><![CDATA[Senate approves bill to broaden wiretap powers]]></summary><issued>2008-07-10T12:25:31+01:00</issued><modified>2008-07-10T12:25:31+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[The Senate gave final approval on Wednesday to a major expansion of the government&#8217;s surveillance powers, handing President Bush one more victory in a series of hard-fought clashes with Democrats over national security issues. As most of you may know, I am a huge Obama fan and am saddened to see him voting in support of this (even though he said he wouldn't).]]></content></entry><hr size='1' class='line' noshade/><div style='padding-top:20px;height:300px;margin-right:10px;float:left;'><script type="text/javascript"><!--
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