Telecommunications corporations will be unconstitutionally absolved of responsibility for breaking the law, although the only major company who refused to participate, Qwest, could see that it was illegal and has been heavily punished for refusing to go along with the others and spy on Americans illegally without a court order. Although only a bare majority was needed to stop immunity, only 31 Senators voted to uphold the Constitution of the United States. This list of 31 included Barack Obama, but did not include Hillary Clinton (AWOL) or John McCain. 98 Senators voted but Clinton, who has been campaigning in the DC area, did not show up for this historic vote.
Here is the list of Democrats that voted for telecom immunity, putting the lawbreakers over the top since all of the Republicans voted in favor of immunity as well:
Jay Rockefeller (D-WV), Evan Bayh (D-IA), Daniel Inouye (D-HI), Tim Johnson (D-SD), Herb Kohl (D-WI), Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Claire McCaskill (D-MO), Mark Pryor (D-AR), Blanche Lincoln (D-AR), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Ken Salazar (D-CO), Tom Carper (D-DE), Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), Jim Webb (D-VA), Ben Nelson (D-NE), Bill Nelson (D-FL), Kent Conrad (D-ND), and Debbie Stabenow (D-MI)
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