Patriot Act Extension FAILS

[TCE]

Can we all please take a moment and recognize that Michele Bachmann voted to extend the patriot act? This saddens me. I take back any nice things I ever said about her.

Thank you! Don't worry, her district is going to be gone in 2012, so enjoy her while she's still here!

 

[anaconda]

My bailout supporting Congresswoman, Barbara Lee, voted with Ron Paul. As a side note, however, she was the only member of Congress to vote against giving Bush the authority to pursue the "terrorists" back in 2001. Not even Ron sided with her on that.

 

[ord33]

Walter Jones, Ron Paul, and Justin Amash. Seems we only have three allies in the House. McClintock can be 'ok' sometimes, and so can Rohrabacher.

John Duncan (TN) is DEFINITELY an ally. He's up there with Paul, Amash, and Jones in my book.

I was shocked, I live in Duncan's district and expected him to vote no, but I was pleasantly surprised when I saw that Phil Roe (the district next to me) also voted no. There may be more liberty and freedom than I thought here in East Tennessee!!!!

 

[amy31416]

I am a Ron Paul Forum participant who has thought she had great potential. I hereby officially disavow any inkling of support for her.

Don't sweat it, we've all been duped more than once. Rand Paul is the only one, so far, that I've been skeptical about who's impressing me...oh, and Justin Amash (but I haven't been following him as closely.)

 

[GunnyFreedom]

I am a Ron Paul Forum participant who has thought she had great potential. I hereby officially disavow any inkling of support for her.

I don't think an official announcement was actually necessary, but it does demonstrate integrity. Thank you!

 

[Anti Federalist]

Conservatives are pretty divided when it comes to issues like the Patriot Act. And in all honesty the majority of the people in my district probably support the Patriot Act. My district is more socially conservative then anything else. And just to be clear I am opposed to the Patriot Act. But I just look at a politician's entire voting record.

It'll be interesting to see how the House votes when this comes back up for a straight up or down vote, rather than a procedural vote.

 

[GunnyFreedom]

It'll be interesting to see how the House votes when this comes back up for a straight up or down vote, rather than a procedural vote.

I'm actually hopeful on this for the first time in a long time. Today may well buoy some latent summer soldiers. Now is when the grassroots most needs to look alive on this. What if we melted down the Congressional switchboard with "NO PATRIOT ACT" ?

 

[Anti Federalist]

I'm actually hopeful on this for the first time in a long time. Today may well buoy some latent summer soldiers. Now is when the grassroots most needs to look alive on this. What if we melted down the Congressional switchboard with "NO PATRIOT ACT" ?

I've already got an email and phone call in to my guy, telling him he has another chance to redeem himself when this comes up again.

 

[Brett85]

It'll be interesting to see how the House votes when this comes back up for a straight up or down vote, rather than a procedural vote.

Me too. There were originally 29 Republicans who voted against the Patriot Act, and then that number went down to 25, and then it ended at 26. There was some serious arm twisting going on there. Those GOP reps are under a lot of pressure to vote "yes."

 

[Imperial]

see later post

 

[Justinjj1]

Republican 210 26 5
Democratic 67 122 4
Independent


Again proves that the Democrats are still the lesser of the two evils.

 

[TCE]

Again proves that the Democrats are still the lesser of the two evils.

Nope, two sides of the same coin. Republicans target your civil liberties and love pre-emptive war while Democrats target your financial and economic liberties while sometimes protecting civil liberties. Trust me, if the Democrats were the majority, it would pass the House because Obama, a Democrat, is strongly for this.

 

[Anti Federalist]

Me too. There were originally 29 Republicans who voted against the Patriot Act, and then that number went down to 25, and then it ended at 26. There was some serious arm twisting going on there. Those GOP reps are under a lot of pressure to vote "yes."

Question of the night:

Pressure from whom, and why?

 

[VBRonPaulFan]

pretty pissed, all the reps in my state except 2 voted YEA. I just emailed Randy Forbes to let him know how disappointed I am.

 

[Anti Federalist]

Nope, two sides of the same coin. Republicans target your civil liberties and love pre-emptive war while Democrats target your financial and economic liberties while sometimes protecting civil liberties. Trust me, if the Democrats were the majority, it would pass the House because Obama, a Democrat, is strongly for this.

+1

 

[Brett85]

Question of the night:

Pressure from whom, and why?

From the GOP leadership, because they want the GOP to be united on every issue.

 

[keh10]

My new congressman voted yes, I'll be following up with that douche.

Yeah, same here. Fucking Steve Womack. I saw this shit coming a mile away.

 

[Brett85]

Utah rep. Jason Chaffetz voted yes. Disgusting, and we all liked him.

This was his reasoning:

"This is just a temporary extension, so the Judiciary Committee can dive a little deeper into the details," said Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah), a second-term lawmaker closely aligned with tea party activists. "That seemed fair. I don't want to let it expire without giving it full contemplation."

 

[GunnyFreedom]

This was his reasoning:

"This is just a temporary extension, so the Judiciary Committee can dive a little deeper into the details," said Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah), a second-term lawmaker closely aligned with tea party activists. "That seemed fair. I don't want to let it expire without giving it full contemplation."

What more is there to look at Jason? Unconstitutional is unconstitutional. No three ways about that.

 

[low preference guy]

"This is just a temporary extension, so the Judiciary Committee can dive a little deeper into the details," said Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah), a second-term lawmaker closely aligned with tea party activists. "That seemed fair. I don't want to let it expire without giving it full contemplation."

lame.