They Voted For You: FISA

U.S. Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., helped the Senate send President Bush legislation to amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978.

U.S. Sen. Robert C. Byrd voted against the measure in the 69-28 roll call.

The Associated Press reports on the final Senate vote, and has a separate article on Bush signing the bill.

The legislation "overhauls rules about government eavesdropping and grants immunity to telecommunications companies that helped the U.S. spy on Americans in suspected terrorism cases," AP reports. "It was a battle that pitted privacy and civil liberties concerns against the desire to prevent terrorist attacks and Democrats' fears of being portrayed as weak when it comes to protecting the country."