PATRIOT ACT SUSPENDED FOR NOW

HR514 TO EXTEND THE PATRIOT ACT FAILS 2/3 MAJORITY VOTE IN HOUSE
WIN WON FOR FREEDOM FOR PRIVACY

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

SEE ROLL CALL:
http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2011/roll026.xml


In a 277-148 vote, the House fell just seven votes short of the two-thirds majority of voting members necessary to move the bill under suspension of the rules.

More than two dozen Republicans bucked their leadership in the vote, by far the biggest defection for the House GOP since it took over the lower chamber. Until tonight's vote, Republicans voted together in all but two votes this year, and in those two votes, only one Republican voted with Democrats.

Republicans voting against the bill were Reps. Justin Amash (Mich.), Roscoe Bartlett (Md.), Rob Bishop (Utah), Paul Broun (Ga.), John Campbell (Calif.), John Duncan (Tenn.), Mike Fitzpatrick (Pa.), Chris Gibson (N.Y.), Tom Graves (Ga.), Dean Heller (Nev.), Randy Hultgren (Ill.), Tim Johnson (Ill.), Walter Jones (N.C.), Jack Kingston (Ga.), Raul Labrador (Idaho), Connie Mack (Fla.), Kenny Marchant (Texas), Tom McClintock (Calif.), Ron Paul (Texas), Denny Rehberg (Mont.), Phil Roe (Tenn.), Dana Rohrabacher (Calif.), Bobby Schilling (Ill.), David Schweikert (Ariz.), Rob Woodall (Ga.), and Don Young (Alaska).

The bill, H.R. 514, would extend the authority that allows U.S. agents to conduct "roving surveillance" of targets, collect business records and other tangible intelligence records, and surveil solo operators who are not tied to a specific terrorist group but may pose a threat to the United States.

"The Patriot Act is a destructive undermining of the Constitution," Kucinich (D-OH) said. "How about today we take a stand for the Constitution to say that all Americans should be free from unreasonable search and seizure, and to make certain that the attempt to reauthorize the Patriot Act is beat down."


OK NOW THE DEMOCRATS ARE CALLING FOR CONSTITUTIONAL LEGISLATION: WE SHALL SEE IF THEY WILL HAVE THE WILL TO KILL IT PERMANENTLY.

http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/house/142871-gop-defections-lead-to-house-failure-to-extend-patriot-act-surveillance