By a vote of 293-129 the U.S. Congress today passed the hotly debated FISA bill. Four of Pennsylvania’s congressional delegation voted against the bill. Bob Brady (PA-01), Chaka Fattah (PA-02), Allyson Schwartz (PA-13) and Michael Doyle (PA-14) voted no, while John Peterson (PA-05) did not vote.
“The safe (vote) in this area would be voting no."
-- David Sosar, assistant professor of political science at King’s College, on the political implications of U.S. Rep. Paul E. Kanjorski’s vote in favor of the bailout bill