Posted on 04/12/2024 3:19:56 PM PDT by Morgana
Eighty-six House Republicans on Friday voted against an amendment to require a warrant for surveillance of Americans’ communications.
Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) proposed an amendment to the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act (RISAA), a bill that would reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). Section 702 is a law that is meant to target foreign adversaries, but often surveils Americans’ private communications without a warrant.
The amendment tied at 212-212 in the House; a tie in the House means that the measure fails. Although Biggs’s amendment did receive support from a majority of Republicans, 86 House Republicans failed to support the proposal.
A warrant requirement is overwhelmingly backed by Americans. A YouGov poll commissioned by FreedomWorks and Demand Progress found that 76 percent of Americans support a warrant requirement, while only 12 percent oppose.
Only one member of House Republican leadership voted with the majority of the House Republican Conference on warrants requirements: House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-MN). Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA), and House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik (R-NY) voted against the warrant requirement.
Johnson used to support closing the backdoor search loophole, or the ability to surveil Americans through Section 702, which is meant to target foreigners. However, he changed his mind after seeing a classified briefing after becoming Speaker.
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86 congresscritters guilty of cheating on their spouses or worse. All caught on FBI/CIA cameras.
how is that even constitutional?
I was hoping you all would tell me!!!!
Of course they did. Bipartisan uniparty New World Order enslavement... Ooh Rah.
Not Constitutional. They don’t care.
Primary targets for warrantless surveillance ...
MAGA/ America 1st citizens
Write in “Big Brother” on Election Day instead of voting for these kind of Republicans.
“how is that even constitutional?”
It isn’t. The Constitution is now officially dead.
I was at least happy to see that my rep wasn’t on that list—based on some of his past votes, I feared he was. Guess I should thank him for doing the right thing for once.
Not even surprising. Why do we even list political parties? They’re the same entitity.
(Napoleon Dynamite voice) "Gawd!"
The 86 House Republicans that voted for warrantless surveillance of Americans are:
Aderholt Republican AL NO
Bacon Republican NE NO
Balderson Republican OH NO
Barr Republican KY NO
Bice Republican OK NO
Buchanan Republican FL NO
Bucshon Republican IN NO
Burgess Republican TX NO
Calvert Republican CA NO
Carl Republican AL NO
Carter (GA) Republican GA NO
Carter (TX) Republican TX NO
Chavez-DeRemer Republican OR NO
Cole Republican OK NO
Crawford Republican AR NO
Crenshaw Republican TX NO
D’Esposito Republican NY NO
De La Cruz Republican TX NO
Diaz-Balart Republican FL NO
Duarte Republican CA NO
Ellzey Republican TX NO
Estes Republican KS NO
Ezell Republican MS NO
Feenstra Republican IA NO
Ferguson Republican GA NO
Fitzpatrick Republican PA NO
Flood Republican NE NO
Franklin, Scott Republican FL NO
Gallagher Republican WI NO
Garbarino Republican NY NO
Garcia, Mike Republican CA NO
Gimenez Republican FL NO
Gonzales, Tony Republican TX NO
Granger Republican TX NO
Graves (MO) Republican MO NO
Guthrie Republican KY NO
Hill Republican AR NO
Hinson Republican IA NO
Johnson (LA) Republican LA NO
Joyce (OH) Republican OH NO
Kean (NJ) Republican NJ NO
Kelly (MS) Republican MS NO
Kelly (PA) Republican PA NO
Kiggans (VA) Republican VA NO
Kim (CA) Republican CA NO
Kustoff Republican TN NO
LaHood Republican IL NO
LaLota Republican NY NO
Lamborn Republican CO NO
Latta Republican OH NO
LaTurner Republican KS NO
Lawler Republican NY NO
Letlow Republican LA NO
Lucas Republican OK NO
Malliotakis Republican NY NO
McCaul Republican TX NO
McHenry Republican NC NO
Miller (OH) Republican OH NO
Miller (WV) Republican WV NO
Miller-Meeks Republican IA NO
Moore (UT) Republican UT NO
Moylan Republican GU NO
Murphy Republican NC NO
Nunn (IA) Republican IA NO
Obernolte Republican CA NO
Pence Republican IN NO
Pfluger Republican TX NO
Rogers (AL) Republican AL NO
Rogers (KY) Republican KY NO
Rouzer Republican NC NO
Rutherford Republican FL NO
Salazar Republican FL NO
Scalise Republican LA NO
Scott, Austin Republican GA NO
Smith (NE) Republican NE NO
Smucker Republican PA NO
Stefanik Republican NY NO
Strong Republican AL NO
Tenney Republican NY NO
Turner Republican OH NO
Valadao Republican CA NO
Van Orden Republican WI NO
Wagner Republican MO NO
Waltz Republican FL NO
Wenstrup Republican OH NO
Womack Republican AR NO
“Primary targets for warrantless surveillance ...
MAGA/ America 1st citizens
.”
And /Christians.
“Not even surprising. Why do we even list political parties? They’re the same entitity.”
Yep. It is all an illusion and folks are allowing themselves to be deceived in mass.
“C’mon you GOP purists! We gotta hold our noses and vote Republican or else the Dems will win! Can you imagine how worse it would be if the Dems voted for this? “
They need to wake to to the fact it is all one big mafia.
Seriously, what else should we expect?
Who here truly believes that this fascist crap isn’t going to be passed? All that we are seeing is scripted theater. It will pass and you will be spied upon and tracked.
Stefanik voted NO. Wonder what “they” have on her…
I sent a email to thank my congressman for not voting for this crap. We are not the enemy of the people we elect to protect us.
I’d vote for Pedro.
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