The bill provides protections from lawsuits for telecommunications companies that cooperated with the federal government in anti-terror operations.

Here’s the final vote.  In the end, every single Republican in the House voted for it along with 105 Democrats who broke with Nancy Pelosi and the Democrat party line to do the right thing for the country instead of the right thing for the trial lawyers who were no doubt salivating at the idea of raking in millions in fees while lawsuits against giants like AT&T wound their way through courts for years.

For North Dakota readers, it’s worth commending Rep. Earl Pomeroy who did the right thing in breaking with his party to vote for this amendment despite getting pressure from the liberal left to vote no.

I spend a lot of time harping on North Dakota’s all-Democrat congressional delegation, so it’s nice to compliment them for doing something nice for a change.