The Amash Amendment, Legislative History And The Surveillance State. Remember these names
The Amash Amendment, Legislative History And The Surveillance State
Posted on July 25, 2013 by pgeddington
... a little vote comparing:
PATRIOT Act expiring provision reauthorization vote, 2011: http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2011/roll036.xml
Amash amendment to FY14 DoD Approps bill vote, 2013: http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2013/roll412.xml
These Members voted against extending the expiring PATRIOT Act provision reauthorization bill in 2011 but also against the Amash amendment (a much less ambitious amendment/proposition) in 2013 (i.e., contradictory votes):
Pelosi
Hinojosa
Higgins
Engel
Schakowsky
Wasserman Schultz
Thompson (CA)
Andrews
Israel
Quigley
Al Green
Guitierrez
Hanabusa
Larsen
Jackson Lee
E.B. Johnson
Kaptur
... the 17 who are still House members and who voted against the PATRIOT Act reauthorization in 2011 and against the Amash amendment today provided the margin of victory for the White House and the supporters of NSA’s current surveillance programs. By comparison, in 2011 only 27 Republicans voted against reauthorizing expiring PATRIOT Act provisions, while today 93 voted with Amash, a radical swing clearly fueled by Edward Snowden’s sensational revelations about PATRIOT Act and FISA Amendment Act abuses.
http://longstrangejourney.com/2013/07/25/the-amash-amendment-legislative-history-and-the-surveillance-state/
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