I’m just reading this stuff today myself guys, but I’ve got a lot of information to post, and the Pete recorded 8 hours of CSPAN today that I’ll be receiving Fed Ex on Saturday. I’ll figure out the highlights and try to have them ready for you over the weekend sometime.
For now, read William Rivers Pitt’s excellent notes from his new blog. I’ve cut and pasted the whole thing below. (click on “more”)
Here’s a quote from Pitt’s blog:

Today was a good day
Thursday 06 January 2005 @ 06:05
I can’t recall a day in the last several years when the efforts of citizens yielded fruit in the Senate. Didn’t work with the Patriot Act vote. Didn’t work with the Homeland Security Act vote. Sure as hell didn’t work with the Iraq war vote.
It worked today. Voices were heard, and something we haven’t seen since 1877 took place today. This is what Congress exists for, and for once, they responded.

Here are some highlights from Boxer’s statement:

We have fought for social justice. We have fought for economic justice. We have fought for environmental justice. We have fought for criminal justice.
Now we must add a new fight