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For the record - and I will remember this - these are the only Senators who stood up for my civil liberties by voting against the renewal of the USA Patriot Act.

I thank you:

• Russ Feingold (D-WI)
• Patrick Leahy (D-VT)
• Robert Byrd (D-WV)
• Tom Harkin (D-IA)
• Ron Wyden (D-OR)
• Daniel Akaka (D-HI)
• Patty Murray (D-WA)
• Jeff Bingaman (D-NM)
• Carl Levin (D-MI)
• Jim Jeffords (I-VT)

Boo-hiss to all the Republicans, and:

• Obama (D-IL)
• Clinton (D-NY)
• Kerry (D-MA)
• Kennedy (D-MA)
• Biden (D-DE)
• Boxer (D-CA)
• Feinstein (D-CA)
• Schumer (D-NY)
• Durbin (D-IL)
• Landrieu (D-LA)
• Lieberman (D-CT)
• Baucus (D-MT)
• Bayh (D-IN)
• Cantwell (D-WA)
• Carper (D-DE)
• Conrad (D-ND)
• Dayton (D-MN)
• Dodd (D-CT)
• Dorgan (D-ND)
• Inouye (D-HI) (no vote)
• Johnson (D-SD)
• Kohl (D-WI)
• Lautenberg (D-NJ)
• Lincoln (D-AR)
• Menendez (D-NJ)
• Mikulski (D-MD)
• Nelson (D-FL)
• Nelson (D-NE)
• Pryor (D-AR)
• Reed (D-RI)
• Reid (D-NV)
• Rockefeller (D-WV)
• Salazar (D-CO)
• Sarbanes (D-MD)
• Stabenow (D-MI)