Congratulations, Nancy Pelosi and House Democrats! Here's excerpts from today's article, bolding mine.

New York Times
By Carl Hulse


House Leaves Surveillance Law to Expire

Published: February 15, 2008

WASHINGTON — The House broke for a week’s recess Thursday without renewing terrorist surveillance authority demanded by President Bush, leading him to warn of risky intelligence gaps while Democrats accused him of reckless fear mongering …

The decision by the House Democratic leadership to let the law lapse is the greatest challenge to Mr. Bush on a major national security issue since the Democrats took control of Congress last year.

Last summer, Democrats allowed the surveillance law to be put in place for six months although many of them opposed it. They have also relented in fights over spending on the Iraq war under White House pressure. But with Mr. Bush rated low in public opinion polls as he enters the last months of his presidency, Democrats are showing more willingness to challenge him.

Read it all. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/15/washington/15fisa.html?hp

Positively,
Carolan