Clinton And Obama Will Show Up For Day Jobs Today

Here's something fun to watch in the Senate today _ Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton will actually have to sit in the same room with one another and vote on an intelligence bill, then watch the man they hope to replace give his final State of the Union speech.

In a rare appearance, the now embittered rivals will show up for their day jobs in the Senate. They're primarily in town for President Bush's speech, but the two Democratic presidential hopefuls won't get an easy bill to vote on when they stroll into the Senate today.

The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act bill is up for a procedural vote, with Republicans pushing to shut off debate and invoke cloture, while Democrats insist more time is needed to discuss a controversial provision that would grant lawsuit immunity to telecommunications firms. Republicans are insisting on a vote on telecom liability, forcing Democrats to choose between a national security priority and civil liberties concerns.

Both Obama and Clinton have said they will vote against the procedural motion, putting them on record against President Bush's expansion of warrantless wiretapping.

"I continue to believe that a grant of retroactive immunity is wrong," Clinton said. "The Bush administration has blatantly disregarded Americans' civil liberties over the past seven years, and I simply will not trust them to protect Americans' privacy rights."