Update: President Barack Obama has signed into law a five-year extension of the U.S. government’s authority to monitor the overseas activity of suspected foreign spies and terrorists. . . . The law does not apply to Americans. When Americans are targeted for surveillance, the government must get a warrant” (seattlepi.com)
Senate votes to continue Bush-era Warrantless Phone Tapping on US Citizens.
We all freak (as we should) when Facebook effs with our Privacy Settings or Instagram messes with Terms of Service. This is 1,000x worse.
My President Obama better veto this crap. Word on the street is he’s down with it, now:
“Four years ago, in the midst of the 2008 Democratic presidential primary, an identical version of the bill was the subject of a highly contentious debate in the Senate. Obama and others argued then that Bush’s program went too far in violating Americans’ privacy. This year, with a supportive Obama in the Oval Office and the media focus on the fiscal cliff, the bill was renewed with much less attention.”
Let’s make some noooiisisiisoise!
WTF to my Senator Michael Bennett? I thought you were one of the good guys!?
Since our representatives swear to uphold our Constitution, and since overriding Constitutional protections requires a Constitutional amendment, doesn’t this vote constitute treason? Serious question.
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Question: On Passage of the Bill (H.R. 5949 )
Vote Number: 236 Vote Date: December 28, 2012, 10:05 AM
Required For Majority: 3/5 Vote Result: Bill Passed
Measure Number: H.R. 5949 (FISA Amendments Act Reauthorization Act of 2012 )
Measure Title: A bill to extend the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 for five years.
Vote Counts: YEAs 73
NAYs 23
Not Voting
Akaka (D-HI), Nay Alexander (R-TN), Yea Ayotte (R-NH), Yea Barrasso (R-WY), Yea Baucus (D-MT), Nay Begich (D-AK), Nay Bennet (D-CO), Yea Bingaman (D-NM), Nay Blumenthal (D-CT), Yea Blunt (R-MO), Yea Boozman (R-AR), Yea Boxer (D-CA), Not Voting Brown (D-OH), Nay Brown (R-MA), Yea Burr (R-NC), Yea Cantwell (D-WA), Nay Cardin (D-MD), Yea Carper (D-DE), Yea Casey (D-PA), Yea Chambliss (R-GA), Yea Coats (R-IN), Yea Coburn (R-OK), Yea Cochran (R-MS), Yea Collins (R-ME), Yea Conrad (D-ND), Yea Coons (D-DE), Nay Corker (R-TN), Yea Cornyn (R-TX), Yea Crapo (R-ID), Yea DeMint (R-SC), Not Voting Durbin (D-IL), Nay Enzi (R-WY), Yea Feinstein (D-CA), Yea Franken (D-MN), Nay |
Gillibrand (D-NY), Yea Graham (R-SC), Yea Grassley (R-IA), Yea Hagan (D-NC), Yea Harkin (D-IA), Nay Hatch (R-UT), Yea Heller (R-NV), Yea Hoeven (R-ND), Yea Hutchison (R-TX), Yea Inhofe (R-OK), Yea Isakson (R-GA), Yea Johanns (R-NE), Yea Johnson (D-SD), Yea Johnson (R-WI), Yea Kerry (D-MA), Yea Kirk (R-IL), Not Voting Klobuchar (D-MN), Yea Kohl (D-WI), Yea Kyl (R-AZ), Yea Landrieu (D-LA), Yea Lautenberg (D-NJ), Not Voting Leahy (D-VT), Nay Lee (R-UT), Nay Levin (D-MI), Yea Lieberman (ID-CT), Yea Lugar (R-IN), Yea Manchin (D-WV), Yea McCain (R-AZ), Yea McCaskill (D-MO), Yea McConnell (R-KY), Yea Menendez (D-NJ), Nay Merkley (D-OR), Nay Mikulski (D-MD), Yea Moran (R-KS), Yea |
Murkowski (R-AK), Nay Murray (D-WA), Nay Nelson (D-FL), Yea Nelson (D-NE), Yea Paul (R-KY), Nay Portman (R-OH), Yea Pryor (D-AR), Yea Reed (D-RI), Yea Reid (D-NV), Yea Risch (R-ID), Yea Roberts (R-KS), Yea Rockefeller (D-WV), Yea Rubio (R-FL), Yea Sanders (I-VT), Nay Schatz (D-HI), Nay Schumer (D-NY), Yea Sessions (R-AL), Yea Shaheen (D-NH), Yea Shelby (R-AL), Yea Snowe (R-ME), Yea Stabenow (D-MI), Yea Tester (D-MT), Nay Thune (R-SD), Yea Toomey (R-PA), Yea Udall (D-CO), Nay Udall (D-NM), Nay Vitter (R-LA), Yea Warner (D-VA), Yea Webb (D-VA), Yea Whitehouse (D-RI), Yea Wicker (R-MS), Yea Wyden (D-OR), Nay |
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