Patriot Act passes the House February 14, 2011

I couldn't find this posted in the forums, so I thought I'd mention it. The vote passed to extend the act by a count of 275-144. I haven't seen much in the media about it thus far.

I've been trying to find a list of those delegates who voted in favor (so I can demonize them ), but I can't seem to find a link that works. If any of you fine ATS folks can provide one, I'd be much obliged.

This grievous attack on the Constitution should not be tolerated. It seems the vote last week was nothing but window dressing. I don't know why I'm surprised. It seemed like a real victory when it was struck down. I suppose I let my joy overtake my sense of realism.

Here's the Washington Post story:

voices.washingtonpost.com...

The roll should be found here, but I can't get it to open...

clerk.house.gov...

reply to post by thektotheg


They're
Watching
Us
Right
Now

reply to post by 9Cib27


So? haha. They've already won this battle. I don't know what watching us would do to improve that. The Senate votes next, apparently on a few competing bills...which could extend it indefinitely. I wish American citizens were watching us. heh.

What is the point of voting if when the bill does not get passed they keep presenting the same bill until it does get passed.

The same thing happens here in Europe so you're not alone.

I still can't get the Roll to open. If anyone else has any luck, please post the findings here.

reply to post by Namaste1001


you took the words right out of my brain my friend....

Of course it passed, silly goose. Name one time when big brother in the last century ever once voted in favor to give up some power? Can't think of one at this moment, trying, uhm, let's see the government did something to give more power to the people, more freedom, less restriction, uhm,mmm, nope I draw a blank on that one. You want the Patriot Act repealed? Two options on the table the way I see it 1. it is repealed so it can be replaced by an act much more restricitve to freedom or 2. a couple hundred thousand armed patriots go to DC and repeal it ourselves. I'm in!

reply to post by Namaste1001


The difference this time wasn't that they presented it again, it was that they did it in a different way. The numbers that quashed it the first time met a different requirement. 2/3's majority was required the first time. This time, only a majority was.

nice! does that make them my Valentine? such sweethearts of them to pass it on the day of Love..

It's their Valentine's gift to the American People.

Awwww......

Being such as it is.... which do you think contributed most to their inability to stand up to the interests of the military industrial complex?
- Fear
- Submission
- Servitude

-or-

- wanting to be "on THEIR side"

Sorry, depressing news... I know that it was unlikely that any party or group of party members would dare to call this abomination what it is..... but I liked to hope that personal courage still had some place in 'their' world.

reply to post by texas thinker


I know, you're completely right. I just really got far too excited over it being shot down a few days back. I thought, hey, maybe the new blood actually is trying to prove a point. It was silly of me to think, but we're nothing if not dreamers.

The bad news - expect to have your private parts felt up, your phone tapped, your bank account robbed, your cat impregnated, your emails having a, "This email approved by Homeland Security" added, being forced through scanners of all sorts, unable to leave the house, forced to take a lot of prescription drugs and watch mindless media, etc.

The good news - it is just an indicator that this society is about to fail. So, expect the bad news to be short lived.

Who knows, I haven't been felt up in some time. I might like it.

Originally posted by Maxmars
It's their Valentine's gift to the American People.

Awwww......

Being such as it is.... which do you think contributed most to their inability to stand up to the interests of the military industrial complex?
- Fear
- Submission
- Servitude

-or-

- wanting to be "on THEIR side"

Sorry, depressing news... I know that it was unlikely that any party or group of party members would dare to call this abomination what it is..... but I liked to hope that personal courage still had some place in 'their' world.

I would honestly think it was fear. There was a recent report (I'll look for the link) about how vulnerable and likely we are to be attacked. Yes, it happens everytime there's a similar vote, but this time was particularly damning.

I also noted on my facebook page after it was originally defeated, that despite how wonderful it was, if it held up...we should expect false flags and homegrown terror to show the error of our ways. I guess we should at least be thankful it didn't get that far. ha. What a joke.

Just to update, I'm still unable to get into the Roll to see who voted for it/against it.

I'm still trying to get through via clerk.house.gov... if any of you would like to try.

If someone knows a different route to go or has found the information, please post it ASAP. Thanks!

FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL 26
(Republicans in roman; Democrats in italic; Independents underlined)

H R 514 2/3 YEA-AND-NAY 8-Feb-2011 7:04 PM
QUESTION: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass
BILL TITLE: To extend expiring provisions of the USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 and Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 relating to access to business records, individual terrorists as agents of foreign powers, and roving wiretaps until December 8, 2011


Yeas Nays PRES NV
Republican 210 26 5
Democratic 67 122 4
Independent
TOTALS 277 148 9




---- YEAS 277 ---

Ackerman
Adams
Aderholt
Akin
Alexander
Altmire
Austria
Baca
Bachmann
Bachus
Barletta
Barrow
Barton (TX)
Bass (NH)
Benishek
Berg
Berkley
Biggert
Bilbray
Bilirakis
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (NY)
Black
Blackburn
Bonner
Bono Mack
Boren
Boswell
Boustany
Brady (TX)
Brooks
Buchanan
Bucshon
Buerkle
Burgess
Burton (IN)
Calvert
Camp
Canseco
Cantor
Capito
Cardoza
Carnahan
Carney
Carter
Cassidy
Castor (FL)
Chabot
Chaffetz
Chandler
Coble
Coffman (CO)
Cole
Conaway
Connolly (VA)
Cooper
Costa
Courtney
Cravaack
Crenshaw
Critz
Cuellar
Culberson
Davis (CA)
Davis (KY)
Denham
Dent
DesJarlais
Diaz-Balart
Dicks
Dold
Donnelly (IN)
Dreier
Duffy
Duncan (SC)
Ellmers
Emerson
Farenthold
Fincher
Flake
Fleischmann
Fleming
Flores
Forbes
Fortenberry
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Gallegly
Gardner
Gerlach
Gibbs
Gingrey (GA)
Gohmert
Goodlatte
Gosar
Gowdy
Granger
Graves (MO)
Griffin (AR)
Griffith (VA)
Grimm
Guinta
Guthrie
Hall
Harman
Harper
Harris
Hartzler
Hastings (FL)
Hastings (WA)
Hayworth
Heck
Heinrich
Hensarling
Herger
Herrera Beutler
Higgins
Hinojosa
Holden
Hoyer
Huelskamp
Huizenga (MI)
Hunter
Hurt
Inslee
Israel
Issa
Jenkins
Johnson (OH)
Johnson, Sam
Jordan
Keating
Kelly
Kind
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kinzinger (IL)
Kissell
Kline
Lance
Landry
Langevin
Lankford
Larsen (WA)
Latham
LaTourette
Latta
Lee (NY)
Levin
Lewis (CA)
Lipinski
LoBiondo
Long
Lowey
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Lummis
Lungren, Daniel E.
Lynch
Manzullo
Marino
Matheson
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McCaul
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McHenry
McIntyre
McKeon
McKinley
McMorris Rodgers
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Meehan
Mica
Miller (FL)
Miller (MI)
Miller (NC)
Miller, Gary
Mulvaney
Murphy (CT)
Murphy (PA)
Myrick
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Noem
Nugent
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Nunnelee
Olson
Palazzo
Pascrell
Paulsen
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Perlmutter
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Peterson
Petri
Pitts
Platts
Poe (TX)
Pompeo
Price (GA)
Quayle
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Rahall
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Reichert
Renacci
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Rigell
Rivera
Roby
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Rogers (MI)
Rokita
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Ross (AR)
Ross (FL)
Rothman (NJ)
Royce
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Scalise
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Schmidt
Schock
Schwartz
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Scott, Austin
Scott, David
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Shuler
Shuster
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Smith (TX)
Smith (WA)
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Stutzman
Sullivan
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Tipton
Tsongas
Turner
Upton
Van Hollen
Walberg
Walden
Walsh (IL)
Webster
West
Westmoreland
Whitfield
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Wolf
Womack
Yarmuth
Yoder
Young (FL)
Young (IN)



---- NAYS 148 ---

Amash
Andrews
Baldwin
Bartlett
Bass (CA)
Becerra
Berman
Bishop (UT)
Blumenauer
Brady (PA)
Braley (IA)
Broun (GA)
Brown (FL)
Campbell
Capps
Capuano
Carson (IN)
Chu
Cicilline
Clarke (MI)
Clarke (NY)
Clay
Cleaver
Clyburn
Cohen
Conyers
Costello
Crowley
Cummings
Davis (IL)
DeFazio
DeGette
DeLauro
Deutch
Dingell
Doggett
Doyle
Duncan (TN)
Edwards
Ellison
Engel
Eshoo
Farr
Fattah
Filner
Fitzpatrick
Frank (MA)
Fudge
Garamendi
Gibson
Gonzalez
Graves (GA)
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Grijalva
Hanabusa
Heller
Himes
Hinchey
Hirono
Holt
Honda
Hultgren
Jackson (IL)
Jackson Lee (TX)
Johnson (GA)
Johnson (IL)
Johnson, E. B.
Jones
Kaptur
Kildee
Kingston
Kucinich
Labrador
Larson (CT)
Lee (CA)
Lewis (GA)
Loebsack
Lofgren, Zoe
Luján
Mack
Maloney
Marchant
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Matsui
McClintock
McCollum
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Michaud
Miller, George
Moore
Moran
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Olver
Owens
Pallone
Pastor (AZ)
Paul
Payne
Pelosi
Pingree (ME)
Polis
Price (NC)
Rangel
Rehberg
Richardson
Richmond
Roe (TN)
Rohrabacher
Roybal-Allard
Rush
Ryan (OH)
Sánchez, Linda T.
Sanchez, Loretta
Sarbanes
Schakowsky
Schilling
Schrader
Schweikert
Scott (VA)
Serrano
Sherman
Slaughter
Stark
Sutton
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Tierney
Tonko
Towns
Velázquez
Visclosky
Walz (MN)
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Watt
Waxman
Weiner
Welch
Wilson (FL)
Woodall
Woolsey
Wu
Young (AK)



---- NOT VOTING 9 ---

Butterfield
Crawford
Garrett
Giffords
Gutierrez
Hanna
Lamborn
Posey
Speier
took about 45mins but it did open

Ya the self o pointed Pres of the Tea Party voted Yes on this, Michell Bachman.. Think the TP will bring this up to her? This bill is so much bigger then Obama Care.

reply to post by Alucard666


Oh, great! Thank you so much! That's been so frustrating. Glad you waited it out.

I'm not surprised. Seeing that it has been in effect for many years and no one has really been held responsible for passing it the first time, why not authorize it again?

Originally posted by rancher1
Ya the self o pointed Pres of the Tea Party voted Yes on this, Michell Bachman.. Think the TP will bring this up to her? This bill is so much bigger then Obama Care.

I thought the TPers were going to come in and bring us smaller .gov! Not even months in, and they are already selling out those who voted for them....

Originally posted by thektotheg
reply to post by Alucard666

 

Oh, great! Thank you so much! That's been so frustrating. Glad you waited it out.

It's not a problem everybody needed to see this