Congressman Amash (R) of Michigan authored an amendment to the Defense authorization bill for a vote in the House. His amendment would have disallowed continued data mining by the National Security Agency (NSA) on individual information (especially phone numbers called over the course of a year) without a warrant, a position itself consistent with the Bill of Rights, which states that no warrants shall be issued without probable cause. This amendment was brought to a vote on July 24, 2013.
Voting "yes" supported the amendment to halt NSA snooping on Americans without a warrant. This position got 205 votes in the House. 111 Democrats and 95 Republicans voted yes.
Voting "no" supported continued data mining by the NSA without warrant. This position got 217 votes in the House. Voting "no" were 83 Democrats and 134 Republicans, including both Democratic Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Republican House Speaker John Boehner.
The roll call of the House of Representatives, state-by-state was as follows:
ALABAMA
Democrats – Sewell, N.
Republicans – Aderholt, N; Bachus, Y; Bonner, N; Brooks, N; Roby, N; Rogers, N.
ALASKA
Republicans – Young, Y.
ARIZONA
Democrats – Barber, N; Grijalva, Y; Kirkpatrick, N; Pastor, Y; Sinema, N.
Republicans – Franks, N; Gosar, Y; Salmon, Y; Schweikert, Y.
ARKANSAS
Republicans – Cotton, N; Crawford, N; Griffin, Y; Womack, N.
CALIFORNIA
Democrats – Bass, Y; Becerra, Y; Bera, N; Brownley, N; Capps, Y; Cardenas, Y; Chu, Y; Costa, N; Davis, N; Eshoo, Y; Farr, Y; Garamendi, Y; Hahn, Y; Honda, Y; Huffman, Y; Lee, Y; Lofgren, Y; Lowenthal, Y; Matsui, Y; McNerney, N; Miller, George, Y; Napolitano, Y; Negrete McLeod, X; Pelosi, N; Peters, N; Roybal-Allard, Y; Ruiz, N; Sanchez, Linda T., Y; Sanchez, Loretta, Y; Schiff, Y; Sherman, Y; Speier, Y; Swalwell, Y; Takano, Y; Thompson, N; Vargas, N; Waters, Y; Waxman, Y.
Republicans – Calvert, N; Campbell, X; Cook, N; Denham, N; Hunter, N; Issa, N; LaMalfa, Y; McCarthy, N; McClintock, Y; McKeon, N; Miller, Gary, Y; Nunes, N; Rohrabacher, Y; Royce, N; Valadao, N.
COLORADO
Democrats – DeGette, Y; Perlmutter, Y; Polis, Y.
Republicans – Coffman, Y; Gardner, Y; Lamborn, Y; Tipton, Y.
CONNECTICUT
Democrats – Courtney, Y; DeLauro, Y; Esty, N; Himes, N; Larson, Y.
DELAWARE
Democrats – Carney, N.
FLORIDA
Democrats – Brown, N; Castor, N; Deutch, Y; Frankel, N; Garcia, N; Grayson, Y; Hastings, Y; Murphy, N; Wasserman Schultz, N; Wilson, N.
Republicans – Bilirakis, N; Buchanan, Y; Crenshaw, N; DeSantis, Y; Diaz-Balart, N; Mica, Y; Miller, N; Nugent, Y; Posey, Y; Radel, Y; Rooney, N; Ros-Lehtinen, N; Ross, Y; Southerland, Y; Webster, N; Yoho, Y; Young, N.
GEORGIA
Democrats – Barrow, N; Bishop, N; Johnson, N; Lewis, Y; Scott, David, N.
Republicans – Broun, Y; Collins, N; Gingrey, N; Graves, Y; Kingston, Y; Price, Y; Scott, Austin, N; Westmoreland, N; Woodall, N.
HAWAII
Democrats – Gabbard, Y; Hanabusa, N.
IDAHO
Republicans – Labrador, Y; Simpson, N.
ILLINOIS
Democrats – Bustos, X; Davis, Danny, Y; Duckworth, N; Enyart, N; Foster, N; Gutierrez, N; Kelly, N; Lipinski, N; Quigley, N; Rush, Y; Schakowsky, N; Schneider, N.
Republicans – Davis, Rodney, Y; Hultgren, Y; Kinzinger, N; Roskam, N; Schock, X; Shimkus, N.
INDIANA
Democrats – Carson, Y; Visclosky, N.
Republicans – Brooks, N; Bucshon, N; Messer, N; Rokita, X; Stutzman, N; Walorski, N; Young, N.
IOWA
Democrats – Braley, Y; Loebsack, Y.
Republicans – King, N; Latham, N.
KANSAS
Republicans – Huelskamp, Y; Jenkins, Y; Pompeo, N; Yoder, Y.
KENTUCKY
Democrats – Yarmuth, Y.
Republicans – Barr, N; Guthrie, N; Massie, Y; Rogers, N; Whitfield, N.
LOUISIANA
Democrats – Richmond, Y.
Republicans – Alexander, N; Boustany, N; Cassidy, Y; Fleming, Y; Scalise, Y.
MAINE
Democrats – Michaud, Y; Pingree, Y.
MARYLAND
Democrats – Cummings, Y; Delaney, N; Edwards, Y; Hoyer, N; Ruppersberger, N; Sarbanes, Y; Van Hollen, N.
Republicans – Harris, Y.
MASSACHUSETTS
Democrats – Capuano, Y; Keating, Y; Kennedy, N; Lynch, Y; McGovern, Y; Neal, Y; Tierney, Y; Tsongas, Y.
MICHIGAN
Democrats – Conyers, Y; Dingell, Y; Kildee, Y; Levin, N; Peters, N.
Republicans – Amash, Y; Benishek, N; Bentivolio, Y; Camp, N; Huizenga, Y; Miller, N; Rogers, N; Upton, N; Walberg, N.
MINNESOTA
Democrats – Ellison, Y; McCollum, Y; Nolan, Y; Peterson, N; Walz, Y.
Republicans – Bachmann, N; Kline, N; Paulsen, N.
MISSISSIPPI
Democrats – Thompson, Y.
Republicans – Harper, N; Nunnelee, N; Palazzo, N.
MISSOURI
Democrats – Clay, Y; Cleaver, Y.
Republicans – Graves, N; Hartzler, N; Long, N; Luetkemeyer, N; Smith, Y; Wagner, N.
MONTANA
Republicans – Daines, Y.
NEBRASKA
Republicans – Fortenberry, N; Smith, N; Terry, N.
NEVADA
Democrats – Horsford, X; Titus, N.
Republicans – Amodei, Y; Heck, N.
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Democrats – Kuster, N; Shea-Porter, Y.
NEW JERSEY
Democrats – Andrews, N; Holt, Y; Pallone, X; Pascrell, Y; Payne, N; Sires, N.
Republicans – Frelinghuysen, N; Garrett, Y; Lance, N; LoBiondo, N; Runyan, N; Smith, Y.
NEW MEXICO
Democrats – Lujan Grisham, Y; Lujan, Ben Ray, Y.
Republicans – Pearce, Y.
NEW YORK
Democrats – Bishop, N; Clarke, Y; Crowley, Y; Engel, N; Higgins, N; Israel, N; Jeffries, Y; Lowey, N; Maffei, Y; Maloney, Carolyn, Y; Maloney, Sean, N; McCarthy, X; Meeks, N; Meng, N; Nadler, Y; Owens, Y; Rangel, Y; Serrano, Y; Slaughter, N; Tonko, Y; Velazquez, Y.
Republicans – Collins, N; Gibson, Y; Grimm, N; Hanna, N; King, N; Reed, N.
NORTH CAROLINA
Democrats – Butterfield, N; McIntyre, N; Price, N; Watt, Y.
Republicans – Coble, X; Ellmers, N; Foxx, N; Holding, N; Hudson, N; Jones, Y; McHenry, Y; Meadows, Y; Pittenger, N.
NORTH DAKOTA
Republicans – Cramer, Y.
OHIO
Democrats – Beatty, X; Fudge, Y; Kaptur, N; Ryan, N.
Republicans – Boehner, N; Chabot, Y; Gibbs, N; Johnson, Y; Jordan, Y; Joyce, N; Latta, N; Renacci, N; Stivers, N; Tiberi, N; Turner, N; Wenstrup, N.
OKLAHOMA
Republicans – Bridenstine, Y; Cole, N; Lankford, N; Lucas, N; Mullin, Y.
OREGON
Democrats – Blumenauer, Y; Bonamici, Y; DeFazio, Y; Schrader, Y.
Republicans – Walden, N.
PENNSYLVANIA
Democrats – Brady, Y; Cartwright, Y; Doyle, Y; Fattah, Y; Schwartz, N.
Republicans – Barletta, X; Dent, N; Fitzpatrick, Y; Gerlach, N; Kelly, N; Marino, N; Meehan, N; Murphy, N; Perry, Y; Pitts, N; Rothfus, Y; Shuster, N; Thompson, Y.
RHODE ISLAND
Democrats – Cicilline, Y; Langevin, N.
SOUTH CAROLINA
Democrats – Clyburn, Y.
Republicans – Duncan, Y; Gowdy, Y; Mulvaney, Y; Rice, Y; Sanford, Y; Wilson, Y.
SOUTH DAKOTA
Republicans – Noem, N.
TENNESSEE
Democrats – Cohen, Y; Cooper, N.
Republicans – Black, Y; Blackburn, Y; DesJarlais, Y; Duncan, Y; Fincher, Y; Fleischmann, Y; Roe, Y.
TEXAS
Democrats – Castro, N; Cuellar, N; Doggett, Y; Gallego, N; Green, Al, N; Green, Gene, Y; Hinojosa, N; Jackson Lee, N; Johnson, E. B., N; O'Rourke, Y; Veasey, N; Vela, Y.
Republicans – Barton, Y; Brady, N; Burgess, Y; Carter, N; Conaway, N; Culberson, N; Farenthold, Y; Flores, N; Gohmert, Y; Granger, N; Hall, Y; Hensarling, N; Johnson, Sam, N; Marchant, Y; McCaul, N; Neugebauer, N; Olson, N; Poe, Y; Sessions, N; Smith, N; Stockman, Y; Thornberry, N; Weber, Y; Williams, Y.
UTAH
Democrats – Matheson, N.
Republicans – Bishop, Y; Chaffetz, Y; Stewart, Y.
VERMONT
Democrats – Welch, Y.
VIRGINIA
Democrats – Connolly, Y; Moran, Y; Scott, Y.
Republicans – Cantor, N; Forbes, N; Goodlatte, N; Griffith, Y; Hurt, N; Rigell, N; Wittman, N; Wolf, N.
WASHINGTON
Democrats – DelBene, Y; Heck, N; Kilmer, N; Larsen, N; McDermott, Y; Smith, N.
Republicans – Hastings, N; Herrera Beutler, X; McMorris Rodgers, Y; Reichert, N.
WEST VIRGINIA
Democrats – Rahall, Y.
Republicans – Capito, N; McKinley, N.
WISCONSIN
Democrats – Kind, N; Moore, Y; Pocan, Y.
Republicans – Duffy, Y; Petri, Y; Ribble, Y; Ryan, N; Sensenbrenner, Y.
WYOMING
Republicans – Lummis, Y.
Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/24/amash-amendment-roll-call-vote_n_3648737.html
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Afterword by the blog author
The roll call above is an excellent explanation for registering and acting as an independent voter rather than a member of either party. Both parties will always push for additional statism rather than for a government limited in its authority to the consent of the governed.
And I’d like to remind any blog readers that this extension of federal power occurred because civilian aircraft were used to strike the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on September 11th, 2001. Fifteen of the nineteen individuals who commandeered those aircraft and flew them into buildings were from Saudi Arabia. These individuals got the money and the resources to commit this act of terrorism because the official position of the Saudi government is to pay extortion fees to its own terrorists. What has the U.S. government done over the last dozen years to discourage that practice? Nothing, instead it lessens the privacy of its own citizens, posturing without any evidence that the data mining has prevented terrorism within the USA. But the actual work on the beat of average American municipal uniformed police forces has been the primary factor in preventing another 9/11 massacre – whereas the US federal government has winked at continued payments by its Saudi "ally" toward jihadist and terrorist movements over these last dozen years.
The blog author recommends placing no faith on any government matter in the hands of those who voted "no" in the roll call listed above.
Voting "yes" supported the amendment to halt NSA snooping on Americans without a warrant. This position got 205 votes in the House. 111 Democrats and 95 Republicans voted yes.
Voting "no" supported continued data mining by the NSA without warrant. This position got 217 votes in the House. Voting "no" were 83 Democrats and 134 Republicans, including both Democratic Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Republican House Speaker John Boehner.
The roll call of the House of Representatives, state-by-state was as follows:
ALABAMA
Democrats – Sewell, N.
Republicans – Aderholt, N; Bachus, Y; Bonner, N; Brooks, N; Roby, N; Rogers, N.
ALASKA
Republicans – Young, Y.
ARIZONA
Democrats – Barber, N; Grijalva, Y; Kirkpatrick, N; Pastor, Y; Sinema, N.
Republicans – Franks, N; Gosar, Y; Salmon, Y; Schweikert, Y.
ARKANSAS
Republicans – Cotton, N; Crawford, N; Griffin, Y; Womack, N.
CALIFORNIA
Democrats – Bass, Y; Becerra, Y; Bera, N; Brownley, N; Capps, Y; Cardenas, Y; Chu, Y; Costa, N; Davis, N; Eshoo, Y; Farr, Y; Garamendi, Y; Hahn, Y; Honda, Y; Huffman, Y; Lee, Y; Lofgren, Y; Lowenthal, Y; Matsui, Y; McNerney, N; Miller, George, Y; Napolitano, Y; Negrete McLeod, X; Pelosi, N; Peters, N; Roybal-Allard, Y; Ruiz, N; Sanchez, Linda T., Y; Sanchez, Loretta, Y; Schiff, Y; Sherman, Y; Speier, Y; Swalwell, Y; Takano, Y; Thompson, N; Vargas, N; Waters, Y; Waxman, Y.
Republicans – Calvert, N; Campbell, X; Cook, N; Denham, N; Hunter, N; Issa, N; LaMalfa, Y; McCarthy, N; McClintock, Y; McKeon, N; Miller, Gary, Y; Nunes, N; Rohrabacher, Y; Royce, N; Valadao, N.
COLORADO
Democrats – DeGette, Y; Perlmutter, Y; Polis, Y.
Republicans – Coffman, Y; Gardner, Y; Lamborn, Y; Tipton, Y.
CONNECTICUT
Democrats – Courtney, Y; DeLauro, Y; Esty, N; Himes, N; Larson, Y.
DELAWARE
Democrats – Carney, N.
FLORIDA
Democrats – Brown, N; Castor, N; Deutch, Y; Frankel, N; Garcia, N; Grayson, Y; Hastings, Y; Murphy, N; Wasserman Schultz, N; Wilson, N.
Republicans – Bilirakis, N; Buchanan, Y; Crenshaw, N; DeSantis, Y; Diaz-Balart, N; Mica, Y; Miller, N; Nugent, Y; Posey, Y; Radel, Y; Rooney, N; Ros-Lehtinen, N; Ross, Y; Southerland, Y; Webster, N; Yoho, Y; Young, N.
GEORGIA
Democrats – Barrow, N; Bishop, N; Johnson, N; Lewis, Y; Scott, David, N.
Republicans – Broun, Y; Collins, N; Gingrey, N; Graves, Y; Kingston, Y; Price, Y; Scott, Austin, N; Westmoreland, N; Woodall, N.
HAWAII
Democrats – Gabbard, Y; Hanabusa, N.
IDAHO
Republicans – Labrador, Y; Simpson, N.
ILLINOIS
Democrats – Bustos, X; Davis, Danny, Y; Duckworth, N; Enyart, N; Foster, N; Gutierrez, N; Kelly, N; Lipinski, N; Quigley, N; Rush, Y; Schakowsky, N; Schneider, N.
Republicans – Davis, Rodney, Y; Hultgren, Y; Kinzinger, N; Roskam, N; Schock, X; Shimkus, N.
INDIANA
Democrats – Carson, Y; Visclosky, N.
Republicans – Brooks, N; Bucshon, N; Messer, N; Rokita, X; Stutzman, N; Walorski, N; Young, N.
IOWA
Democrats – Braley, Y; Loebsack, Y.
Republicans – King, N; Latham, N.
KANSAS
Republicans – Huelskamp, Y; Jenkins, Y; Pompeo, N; Yoder, Y.
KENTUCKY
Democrats – Yarmuth, Y.
Republicans – Barr, N; Guthrie, N; Massie, Y; Rogers, N; Whitfield, N.
LOUISIANA
Democrats – Richmond, Y.
Republicans – Alexander, N; Boustany, N; Cassidy, Y; Fleming, Y; Scalise, Y.
MAINE
Democrats – Michaud, Y; Pingree, Y.
MARYLAND
Democrats – Cummings, Y; Delaney, N; Edwards, Y; Hoyer, N; Ruppersberger, N; Sarbanes, Y; Van Hollen, N.
Republicans – Harris, Y.
MASSACHUSETTS
Democrats – Capuano, Y; Keating, Y; Kennedy, N; Lynch, Y; McGovern, Y; Neal, Y; Tierney, Y; Tsongas, Y.
MICHIGAN
Democrats – Conyers, Y; Dingell, Y; Kildee, Y; Levin, N; Peters, N.
Republicans – Amash, Y; Benishek, N; Bentivolio, Y; Camp, N; Huizenga, Y; Miller, N; Rogers, N; Upton, N; Walberg, N.
MINNESOTA
Democrats – Ellison, Y; McCollum, Y; Nolan, Y; Peterson, N; Walz, Y.
Republicans – Bachmann, N; Kline, N; Paulsen, N.
MISSISSIPPI
Democrats – Thompson, Y.
Republicans – Harper, N; Nunnelee, N; Palazzo, N.
MISSOURI
Democrats – Clay, Y; Cleaver, Y.
Republicans – Graves, N; Hartzler, N; Long, N; Luetkemeyer, N; Smith, Y; Wagner, N.
MONTANA
Republicans – Daines, Y.
NEBRASKA
Republicans – Fortenberry, N; Smith, N; Terry, N.
NEVADA
Democrats – Horsford, X; Titus, N.
Republicans – Amodei, Y; Heck, N.
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Democrats – Kuster, N; Shea-Porter, Y.
NEW JERSEY
Democrats – Andrews, N; Holt, Y; Pallone, X; Pascrell, Y; Payne, N; Sires, N.
Republicans – Frelinghuysen, N; Garrett, Y; Lance, N; LoBiondo, N; Runyan, N; Smith, Y.
NEW MEXICO
Democrats – Lujan Grisham, Y; Lujan, Ben Ray, Y.
Republicans – Pearce, Y.
NEW YORK
Democrats – Bishop, N; Clarke, Y; Crowley, Y; Engel, N; Higgins, N; Israel, N; Jeffries, Y; Lowey, N; Maffei, Y; Maloney, Carolyn, Y; Maloney, Sean, N; McCarthy, X; Meeks, N; Meng, N; Nadler, Y; Owens, Y; Rangel, Y; Serrano, Y; Slaughter, N; Tonko, Y; Velazquez, Y.
Republicans – Collins, N; Gibson, Y; Grimm, N; Hanna, N; King, N; Reed, N.
NORTH CAROLINA
Democrats – Butterfield, N; McIntyre, N; Price, N; Watt, Y.
Republicans – Coble, X; Ellmers, N; Foxx, N; Holding, N; Hudson, N; Jones, Y; McHenry, Y; Meadows, Y; Pittenger, N.
NORTH DAKOTA
Republicans – Cramer, Y.
OHIO
Democrats – Beatty, X; Fudge, Y; Kaptur, N; Ryan, N.
Republicans – Boehner, N; Chabot, Y; Gibbs, N; Johnson, Y; Jordan, Y; Joyce, N; Latta, N; Renacci, N; Stivers, N; Tiberi, N; Turner, N; Wenstrup, N.
OKLAHOMA
Republicans – Bridenstine, Y; Cole, N; Lankford, N; Lucas, N; Mullin, Y.
OREGON
Democrats – Blumenauer, Y; Bonamici, Y; DeFazio, Y; Schrader, Y.
Republicans – Walden, N.
PENNSYLVANIA
Democrats – Brady, Y; Cartwright, Y; Doyle, Y; Fattah, Y; Schwartz, N.
Republicans – Barletta, X; Dent, N; Fitzpatrick, Y; Gerlach, N; Kelly, N; Marino, N; Meehan, N; Murphy, N; Perry, Y; Pitts, N; Rothfus, Y; Shuster, N; Thompson, Y.
RHODE ISLAND
Democrats – Cicilline, Y; Langevin, N.
SOUTH CAROLINA
Democrats – Clyburn, Y.
Republicans – Duncan, Y; Gowdy, Y; Mulvaney, Y; Rice, Y; Sanford, Y; Wilson, Y.
SOUTH DAKOTA
Republicans – Noem, N.
TENNESSEE
Democrats – Cohen, Y; Cooper, N.
Republicans – Black, Y; Blackburn, Y; DesJarlais, Y; Duncan, Y; Fincher, Y; Fleischmann, Y; Roe, Y.
TEXAS
Democrats – Castro, N; Cuellar, N; Doggett, Y; Gallego, N; Green, Al, N; Green, Gene, Y; Hinojosa, N; Jackson Lee, N; Johnson, E. B., N; O'Rourke, Y; Veasey, N; Vela, Y.
Republicans – Barton, Y; Brady, N; Burgess, Y; Carter, N; Conaway, N; Culberson, N; Farenthold, Y; Flores, N; Gohmert, Y; Granger, N; Hall, Y; Hensarling, N; Johnson, Sam, N; Marchant, Y; McCaul, N; Neugebauer, N; Olson, N; Poe, Y; Sessions, N; Smith, N; Stockman, Y; Thornberry, N; Weber, Y; Williams, Y.
UTAH
Democrats – Matheson, N.
Republicans – Bishop, Y; Chaffetz, Y; Stewart, Y.
VERMONT
Democrats – Welch, Y.
VIRGINIA
Democrats – Connolly, Y; Moran, Y; Scott, Y.
Republicans – Cantor, N; Forbes, N; Goodlatte, N; Griffith, Y; Hurt, N; Rigell, N; Wittman, N; Wolf, N.
WASHINGTON
Democrats – DelBene, Y; Heck, N; Kilmer, N; Larsen, N; McDermott, Y; Smith, N.
Republicans – Hastings, N; Herrera Beutler, X; McMorris Rodgers, Y; Reichert, N.
WEST VIRGINIA
Democrats – Rahall, Y.
Republicans – Capito, N; McKinley, N.
WISCONSIN
Democrats – Kind, N; Moore, Y; Pocan, Y.
Republicans – Duffy, Y; Petri, Y; Ribble, Y; Ryan, N; Sensenbrenner, Y.
WYOMING
Republicans – Lummis, Y.
Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/24/amash-amendment-roll-call-vote_n_3648737.html
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Afterword by the blog author
The roll call above is an excellent explanation for registering and acting as an independent voter rather than a member of either party. Both parties will always push for additional statism rather than for a government limited in its authority to the consent of the governed.
And I’d like to remind any blog readers that this extension of federal power occurred because civilian aircraft were used to strike the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on September 11th, 2001. Fifteen of the nineteen individuals who commandeered those aircraft and flew them into buildings were from Saudi Arabia. These individuals got the money and the resources to commit this act of terrorism because the official position of the Saudi government is to pay extortion fees to its own terrorists. What has the U.S. government done over the last dozen years to discourage that practice? Nothing, instead it lessens the privacy of its own citizens, posturing without any evidence that the data mining has prevented terrorism within the USA. But the actual work on the beat of average American municipal uniformed police forces has been the primary factor in preventing another 9/11 massacre – whereas the US federal government has winked at continued payments by its Saudi "ally" toward jihadist and terrorist movements over these last dozen years.
The blog author recommends placing no faith on any government matter in the hands of those who voted "no" in the roll call listed above.
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