House votes to continue NSA surveillance program (217-205)

10News ^ | 24 July 2013

[11th_VA]

WASHINGTON - The U.S. House of Representatives has voted to continue the collection of hundreds of millions of Americans' phone records in the fight against terrorism.

The chamber rejected a measure to end the program's authority. The vote was 217-205 on Wednesday.

Republican Rep. Justin Amash had challenged the program as an indiscriminate collection of phone records. His measure, if approved by the full House and Senate and signed by the president, would have ended the program's statutory authority.

The White House, national security experts in Congress and the Republican establishment had lobbied hard against Amash's effort.

Libertarian-leaning conservatives and some liberal Democrats had supported Amash's effort.

The vote was unlikely to settle the debate over privacy rights and government efforts to thwart terrorism

[American in Israel]

So being unconstitutional does not mean anything if its a law they want. But if the voters put a law in that they don’t like then its important.

Uh, we do not have the rule of law, we have dictators.

[highball]

pathetic every republican who voted no has shown himself to be a rino scum

Unfortunately, there can no longer be any doubt that this is the official position of the GOP. They aren't RINOs, they're Republicans. The GOP is now CINO.

Unfortunately, they've now made it harder to stop the program. It's "bipartisan", after all. And we can't blame Obama for it anymore either. Hang it around their necks.

[iceskater]

Here are the votes.

http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2013/roll412.xml

GOPe leaders Boehner and Cantor voted NO.

[American in Israel]

Any politician that voted for this is either a traitor, or a crook afraid of what the NSA knows. Every single one of them need to be thrown out of Office.

[American in Israel]

You know, I need to get a dog, just to slow um down some as they come in the door.

LOOK A DOG, SHOOT IT!

[txrefugee]

Primary every one of the Big Brother lovers. Our freedom is far more threatened by our government than by terrorists.

[Principle Over Politics]

So you were against this amendment?

[NonValueAdded]

I am a little disappointed in the vote but think we don’t have all of the information available to our Reps. This bill was rather a blunt instrument and perhaps that is why it did not prevail. That said, there is much wrong with the program, at least as much as we know about it. Also, funded or not, that does not mean it will pass Constitutional muster.

[StolarStorm]

I don't think we could ever blame Obama for this as it started way before him. Blame whomever the puppet masters are. They got to Bush as well.

We are clearly in some kind of Oligarchical dictatorship now. The Constitution is meaningless to them.

But it's our own fault. If this crud came out in many other countries there would be riots everywhere. People get the government they deserve...

[Praxeologue]

Readable version:
113
1st
U.S. House of Representatives
412
H R 2397
On Agreeing to the Amendment
70
Amash of Michigan Amendment No. 100
RECORDED VOTE
Failed
24-Jul-2013
6:51 PM

Party
Ayes
Noes
Answered “Present”
Not Voting

Republican
94
134
0
6

Democratic
111
83
0
6

Independent
0
0
0
0

Totals
205
217
0
12

AderholtNo
AlexanderNo
AmashAye
AmodeiAye
AndrewsNo
BachmannNo
BachusAye
BarberNo
BarlettaNot Voting
BarrNo
Barrow (GA)No
BartonAye
BassAye
BeattyNot Voting
BecerraAye
BenishekNo
BentivolioAye
Bera (CA)No
BilirakisNo
Bishop (GA)No
Bishop (NY)No
Bishop (UT)Aye
BlackAye
BlackburnAye
BlumenauerAye
BoehnerNo
BonamiciAye
BonnerNo
BoustanyNo
Brady (PA)Aye
Brady (TX)No
Braley (IA)Aye
BridenstineAye
Brooks (AL)No
Brooks (IN)No
Broun (GA)Aye
Brown (FL)No
Brownley (CA)No
BuchananAye
BucshonNo
BurgessAye
BustosNot Voting
ButterfieldNo
CalvertNo
CampNo
CampbellNot Voting
CantorNo
CapitoNo
CappsAye
CapuanoAye
CárdenasAye
CarneyNo
Carson (IN)Aye
CarterNo
CartwrightAye
CassidyAye
Castor (FL)No
Castro (TX)No
ChabotAye
ChaffetzAye
ChuAye
CicillineAye
ClarkeAye
ClayAye
CleaverAye
ClyburnAye
CobleNot Voting
CoffmanAye
CohenAye
ColeNo
Collins (GA)No
Collins (NY)No
ConawayNo
ConnollyAye
ConyersAye
CookNo
CooperNo
CostaNo
CottonNo
CourtneyAye
CramerAye
CrawfordNo
CrenshawNo
CrowleyAye
CuellarNo
CulbersonNo
CummingsAye
DainesAye
Davis (CA)No
Davis, DannyAye
Davis, RodneyAye
DeFazioAye
DeGetteAye
DelaneyNo
DeLauroAye
DelBeneAye
DenhamNo
DentNo
DeSantisAye
DesJarlaisAye
DeutchAye
Diaz-BalartNo
DingellAye
DoggettAye
DoyleAye
DuckworthNo
DuffyAye
Duncan (SC)Aye
Duncan (TN)Aye
EdwardsAye
EllisonAye
EllmersNo
EngelNo
EnyartNo
EshooAye
EstyNo
FarentholdAye
FarrAye
FattahAye
FincherAye
FitzpatrickAye
FleischmannAye
FlemingAye
FloresNo
ForbesNo
FortenberryNo
FosterNo
FoxxNo
Frankel (FL)No
Franks (AZ)No
FrelinghuysenNo
FudgeAye
GabbardAye
GallegoNo
GaramendiAye
GarciaNo
GardnerAye
GarrettAye
GerlachNo
GibbsNo
GibsonAye
Gingrey (GA)No
GohmertAye
GoodlatteNo
GosarAye
GowdyAye
GrangerNo
Graves (GA)Aye
Graves (MO)No
GraysonAye
Green, AlNo
Green, GeneAye
Griffin (AR)Aye
Griffith (VA)Aye
GrijalvaAye
GrimmNo
GuthrieNo
GutiérrezNo
HahnAye
HallAye
HanabusaNo
HannaNo
HarperNo
HarrisAye
HartzlerNo
Hastings (FL)Aye
Hastings (WA)No
Heck (NV)No
Heck (WA)No
HensarlingNo
Herrera BeutlerNot Voting
HigginsNo
HimesNo
HinojosaNo
HoldingNo
HoltAye
HondaAye
HorsfordNot Voting
HoyerNo
HudsonNo
HuelskampAye
HuffmanAye
Huizenga (MI)Aye
HultgrenAye
HunterNo
HurtNo
IsraelNo
IssaNo
Jackson LeeNo
JeffriesAye
JenkinsAye
Johnson (GA)No
Johnson (OH)Aye
Johnson, E. B.No
Johnson, SamNo
JonesAye
JordanAye
JoyceNo
KapturNo
KeatingAye
Kelly (IL)No
Kelly (PA)No
KennedyNo
KildeeAye
KilmerNo
KindNo
King (IA)No
King (NY)No
KingstonAye
Kinzinger (IL)No
KirkpatrickNo
KlineNo
KusterNo
LabradorAye
LaMalfaAye
LambornAye
LanceNo
LangevinNo
LankfordNo
Larsen (WA)No
Larson (CT)Aye
LathamNo
LattaNo
Lee (CA)Aye
LevinNo
LewisAye
LipinskiNo
LoBiondoNo
LoebsackAye
LofgrenAye
LongNo
LowenthalAye
LoweyNo
LucasNo
LuetkemeyerNo
Lujan Grisham (NM)Aye
Luján, Ben Ray (NM)Aye
LummisAye
LynchAye
MaffeiAye
Maloney, CarolynAye
Maloney, SeanNo
MarchantAye
MarinoNo
MassieAye
MathesonNo
MatsuiAye
McCarthy (CA)No
McCarthy (NY)Not Voting
McCaulNo
McClintockAye
McCollumAye
McDermottAye
McGovernAye
McHenryAye
McIntyreNo
McKeonNo
McKinleyNo
McMorris RodgersAye
McNerneyNo
MeadowsAye
MeehanNo
MeeksNo
MengNo
MesserNo
MicaAye
MichaudAye
Miller (FL)No
Miller (MI)No
Miller, GaryAye
Miller, GeorgeAye
MooreAye
MoranAye
MullinAye
MulvaneyAye
Murphy (FL)No
Murphy (PA)No
NadlerAye
NapolitanoAye
NealAye
Negrete McLeodNot Voting
NeugebauerNo
NoemNo
NolanAye
NugentAye
NunesNo
NunneleeNo
O’RourkeAye
OlsonNo
OwensAye
PalazzoNo
PalloneNot Voting
PascrellAye
Pastor (AZ)Aye
PaulsenNo
PayneNo
PearceAye
PelosiNo
PerlmutterAye
PerryAye
Peters (CA)No
Peters (MI)No
PetersonNo
PetriAye
Pingree (ME)Aye
PittengerNo
PittsNo
PocanAye
Poe (TX)Aye
PolisAye
PompeoNo
PoseyAye
Price (GA)Aye
Price (NC)No
QuigleyNo
RadelAye
RahallAye
RangelAye
ReedNo
ReichertNo
RenacciNo
RibbleAye
Rice (SC)Aye
RichmondAye
RigellNo
RobyNo
Roe (TN)Aye
Rogers (AL)No
Rogers (KY)No
Rogers (MI)No
RohrabacherAye
RokitaNot Voting
RooneyNo
Ros-LehtinenNo
RoskamNo
RossAye
RothfusAye
Roybal-AllardAye
RoyceNo
RuizNo
RunyanNo
RuppersbergerNo
RushAye
Ryan (OH)No
Ryan (WI)No
SalmonAye
Sánchez, Linda T.Aye
Sanchez, LorettaAye
SanfordAye
SarbanesAye
ScaliseAye
SchakowskyNo
SchiffAye
SchneiderNo
SchockNot Voting
SchraderAye
SchwartzNo
SchweikertAye
Scott (VA)Aye
Scott, AustinNo
Scott, DavidNo
SensenbrennerAye
SerranoAye
SessionsNo
Sewell (AL)No
Shea-PorterAye
ShermanAye
ShimkusNo
ShusterNo
SimpsonNo
SinemaNo
SiresNo
SlaughterNo
Smith (MO)Aye
Smith (NE)No
Smith (NJ)Aye
Smith (TX)No
Smith (WA)No
SoutherlandAye
SpeierAye
StewartAye
StiversNo
StockmanAye
StutzmanNo
Swalwell (CA)Aye
TakanoAye
TerryNo
Thompson (CA)No
Thompson (MS)Aye
Thompson (PA)Aye
ThornberryNo
TiberiNo
TierneyAye
TiptonAye
TitusNo
TonkoAye
TsongasAye
TurnerNo
UptonNo
ValadaoNo
Van HollenNo
VargasNo
VeaseyNo
VelaAye
VelázquezAye
ViscloskyNo
WagnerNo
WalbergNo
WaldenNo
WalorskiNo
WalzAye
Wasserman SchultzNo
WatersAye
WattAye
WaxmanAye
Weber (TX)Aye
Webster (FL)No
WelchAye
WenstrupNo
WestmorelandNo
WhitfieldNo
WilliamsAye
Wilson (FL)No
Wilson (SC)Aye
WittmanNo
WolfNo
WomackNo
WoodallNo
YarmuthAye
YoderAye
YohoAye
Young (AK)Aye
Young (FL)No
Young (IN)No

[Praxeologue]

Louie Gohmert - Aye

[StolarStorm]

Ted Poe. Well, I don’t care if a monkey runs against him, I’m voting NO to Ted Poe now. Traitor.

[itsahoot]

They just said they don’t care about the 4th amendment.

Or spending either apparently. If the Conservatives in the House can't even stop this, then there is no hope of stopping amnesty or ObamaCare. God help us.

[itsahoot]

If anyone still doubts that the republican party is in bed with and supports the democrat/fascists please speak up.

Cain't wouldn't be prudent.

[gaijin]

I’m never voting for a Republican again.

THERE IS NO REASON TO DO IT.

[ptsal]

...CAN IT COME TOO SOON?

[gaijin]

[novemberslady]

Poe (TX)Aye

[entropy12]

The terrorists have won.

Our phone calls recorded.
Our emails recorded.
Long lines at airports.
Everybody, even the old and handicapped must remove shoes.
Bloated bureaucracy to fight terrorism costing Billions.

You can’t stop terrorism in spite of all of above.
Example: Boston Marathon bombing.

Most effective way to stop terrorism: Annihilate the leadership in country of origin, such as destruction of Taliban in Afghanistan where the terrorism of 911 was initiated, and supported. But we have no Dubya in office, we have Zero in White House.

[StolarStorm]

Do I have this switched around? Did the aye indicate a vote to end the program???