Revised: C-Span has just carried the final vote on the FISA revision (Roll Call 145): 213 for, 197 against, with one voting present. Republicans who voted stuck together as a party. Walz voted yes.
Fewer Democrats than anticipated voted against it: only 12--a mixture of conservatives and hard core progressives like Dennis Kucinich.
Minnesota's delegation voted along straight party lines, with Oberstar, who just underwent hip replacement surgery at the Mayo Clinic, not voting.
Update: The EFF has issued a statement on the vote here and the ACLU here. House Democratic leadership statements and some video clips from the debate are found here.
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