House holds secret session on surveillance bill

Hello! I'm Kristin Volk on this Friday, the 14 day of March 2008 with a UPI Headline Update.

The House is expected to vote on a surveillance bill today after debating the measure last night in a rare closed-door session. It was the first such session in 25 years and came at the request of Republicans. Most GOP members in Congress and the White House oppose the Democratic legislation. President Bush has vowed to veto the bill because it doesn't provide legal protection to telecommunications companies that help the government eavesdrop without court permission.

Florida's Democratic lawmakers have rejected a plan to re-do any kind of primary election. The state lost 210 delegates when it moved its primary ahead of the approved time frame. The proposal called for a combined mail-in and in-person election to be held in June. Florida's Democratic congressional delegation said in a statement that the plan was not a realistic option.

New York's next governor says it's time to get back to business. Lieutenant governor David Paterson will take the reins on Monday. That's after his boss, Governor Eliot Spitzer was accused earlier this week of being involved in a prostitution ring. Paterson will be New York's first blind African-American governor.

Police have now charged two suspects with murder in connection with death of University of North Carolina student president, Eve Carson. 17-year-old Lawrence Lovette was arrested yesterday after they surrounded a home where he was hiding. Earlier this week, policed arrested 21-year-old James Atwater was after received a tip. Carson was found lying dead on a street near the Chapel Hill campus earlier this month. She had been shot several times.

That's all for now. Thanks for watching and for all of us at UPI, have a nice weekend.

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[ranchai100]

@Ggurl777 No negro wants to actually work hard for a living,instead every negro wants fast money.And the jobs they do have they get not because they are qualified for them but because of affirmative action.The same goes for all these inferiors getting into college and university,they don't pay their own way,we whites through our taxes pay for them.ALL niggers should either be deported back to AIDS land or exterminated.

[ranchai100]

@Ggurl777 And what would happen?They would all attack instead of 1 on 1.Thats the nigger mentality.Its also the nigger mentality the rape and murder are ok as its the nigger national past time and claiming racism is the nigger national anthem.Niggers never ever take responsibility for the crimes they commit and make excuses like,oh I had a bad childhood or I,m disinfranchised or Im poor.Look at the nigger bitch who falsley accused others of rape and is now charged with 1st degree murder.

[HighDefConned]

Not really appropriate to smile after finishing a murder story.

[shidoski]

MATTJNOR STFU

[Ggurl777]

I suggest you not use the N word unlesss you're man enough to walk in a crowd of black people and say it.

[mattjnor98]

I hope those niggers who did that to such a beautiful girl get the death sentence.

[CognitiveDisonance]

Yes, that was the publicly stated reason for the session, but once those doors are closed...

It appears information may have been leaked as indicated by the comments left by slammah2012. If true, some members of Congress truly are acting in the best interest of the People.

[xiola6969]

What a crock of shit, free countries where the people rule do not hold closed door meetings. The FISA is fine, The USA Constitution was very clear on this subject The efficiency of the government to catch threat to the people dose not out weight the civil rights of innocent Americans. To do such you going down a slippery path that expects the people to trust those in power not to intentionally violate people's civil liberties. The

[xiola6969]

founding fathers said the Constitution created chains upon those who would do us harm. This is completely Un constitutional The Supreme court needs to step in and tell bush to sit the fuck down again he is not a king. The fact you can't catch them with out breaking the laws and rules that have been in place for nearly 400 years says you need new jobs and should quit before this gets bloody.

[xiola6969]

What a crock of shit, free countries where the people rule do not hold closed door meetings. The FISA is fine, The USA Constitution was very clear on this subject The efficiency of the government to catch threat to the people dose not out weight the civil rights of innocent Americans. To do such you going down a slippery path that expects the people to trust those in power not to intentionally violate people's civil liberties. The