Patriot Act passed House

[kybob]

going to the bush*t's desk, no link yet.

[AX10]

1. How many votes for it?

[rodeodance]

2. so much for nothing. Fiengold must feel awful

[Craig3410]

3. Seig fucking heil.

Say Hello to the Enabling Act II.

[KyuzoGator]

4. 280-138, 66 Democrats voted in favor.

Thanks for nothing, assholes.

[fshrink]

16. If these are democrats, I'm a Borg.

[OKNancy]

5. CNN link

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/03/07/patriot.act/index.html


WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Congress on Tuesday renewed controversial provisions of the USA Patriot Act, the 2001 law passed weeks after the September 11 attacks to help the government investigate and capture possible terrorists.

The approval in the House of Representatives sent the measure to President Bush for his signature. The Senate last week voted 89-10 to approve the compromise package, which covers 16 provisions in the act that are set to expire on March 10.

"At last the Patriot Act will be reauthorized. And it's about time. It should not not have taken this long," Sen. Jon Kyl, an Arizona Republican, said after last week's vote.

"And in the form in which it's reauthorized, it will make America more secure, and that's the bottom line."

[kybob]

12. thanks for the link

i appreciate it.

[shance]

6. It was supposed to be voted on tomorrow? Why was it

voted on today?

[Earth_First]

7. "I rise in strong opposition to this legislation...

because it offers only a superficial reform that will have little if any impact on safeguarding our civil liberties," said Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio.

[The_Casual_Observer]

8. What were the chances of those bastards questioning that sell out?

0%

[Greeby]

9. Roll call

http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2006/roll020.xml

[Clara T]

10. Surveillance Nation- All Systems Go

"Among the more controversial provisions are the "roving wiretap" portion and the "sneak and peek" section. The first allows the government to get a wiretap on every phone a suspect uses, while the second allows federal investigators to get access to library, business and medical records without a court order."
http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/03/07/patriot.act/index.html

[bananas]

13. "access to library, business and medical records without a court order"

Is there any oversight at all?

[HuffleClaw]

11. and tomorrow 'the raw story' or 'kos' will tell us about what is HIDDEN

in patriot 2.

[cal04]

14. House RollCall Patriot Act

The 280-138 roll call Tuesday by which the House passed legislation to renew the Patriot Act. Under a special procedure, a two-thirds majority was needed for passage.

A "yes" vote is a vote to pass the bill.

Voting yes were 66 Democrats and 214 Republicans.

Voting no were 124 Democrats, 13 Republicans and one independent.

X denotes those not voting.

There are two vacancies in the 435-member House.


http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060308/ap_on_go_co/house_rollcall_patriot_act_1

[freenergy]

15. Does anyone have a spine

I think Russ Feingold is the only democrat that has a spine in the congress.

Voted No on the War
Voted No on the patriot act