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From: <mailto:gregdempsey@sti.net>Greg Dempsey
To: <mailto:gregdempsey@sti.net>Greg Dempsey
Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 7:49 PM
Subject: *? 2 ALL: SENATE PASSES PERMANENT PATRIOT ACT - DID YOUR SENATOR
SELL YOU OUT?*
PATRIOT ACT TO BE PERMANENT
Guess who just signed the so-called
"renewal" today, making 14 of the 16
provisions permanent and 2 renewable in
4 years. The Patriot Act is now a forever thing,
thanks to Bush, the Republicans, and
leading DemocratsJohn Kerry, Hillary Clinton
and Barack Obama. The only three
oppositional heroes are Feingold, Byrd and
Leahy. Now the Act goes to the House
and Bush, both eager to sign off on it.
Hi Team!
*? 2 ALL:
SENATE PASSES PERMANENT PATRIOT ACT -
DID YOUR SENATOR SELL YOU OUT?*
"The erosion of freedom rarely comes as an all-out frontal assault,"
warned Byrd, the dean of the Senate, to no avail. "Rather, it is a gradual,
noxious creeping cloaked in secrecy and glossed over by reassurances of
greater security."
How right Byrd was.ÝThis is one of the darkest days in America's history
-Ýa vote that has changed our nation emphatically for the worse.
The Senate today (with very little news coverage) voted overwhelmingly,
89 - 10,Ýto renew the USA Patriot Act, after months of pitched debate between
privacy rights and the government's power to "hunt down terrorists."
Bush wins. America loses. The House is expected to pass the legislation
next week and send it to Bush, who would sign it before 16 provisions expire
March 10, 2006.
Senator Russ Feingold insisted theÝnew civil rights "protections" to
the 2001 antiterror law are strictly cosmetic.ÝThey would:
ï Give recipients of court-approved subpoenas for information in terrorist
investigations the right to challenge a requirement that they refrain from
telling anyone.
ï Eliminate a requirement that an individual provide the FBI with the
name of a lawyer consulted about a National Security Letter, which is a
demand for records issued by investigators.
ï Clarify that most libraries are not subject to demands in those letters
for information about suspected terrorists.
Feel better now? I hope not. Feingold is right. This is no "compromise"
- it's a superficial fix to allow the highly unusual "permanent" status
of this act.
The "no" votes came from Jim Jeffords, and Feingold, Byrd and seven
other Senate Democrats: Daniel Akaka of Hawaii, Jeff Bingaman of New Mexico,
Tom Harkin of Iowa, Patrick Leahy of Vermont, Carl Levin of Michigan, Patty
Murray of Washington and Ron Wyden of Oregon.
I urge everyone reading this never to vote for the Senators who voted
yes on this act, and, in doing so,Ýhave created a new America - one where
free discussion like this may well be too dangerous to express in time.
This trend to Amerifascism - is it irreversible?
Below is the roll call vote. How do you feel about your Senators vote,
and the fact that the Patriot Act, a totalitarian's best friend,Ýis now
as good as permanent, after the House and Bush sign it?
Greg Dempsey - Yosemite, CA
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SECULARHUMANIST
Your Bush/Cheney Impeachment HQ
Vote on H.R. 3199 Conference Report;
USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005:
Senators voting "yea" -
Alexander (R-TN)
Allard (R-CO)
Allen (R-VA)
Baucus (D-MT)
Bayh (D-IN)
Bennett (R-UT)
Biden (D-DE)
Bond (R-MO)
Boxer (D-CA)
Brownback (R-KS)
Bunning (R-KY)
Burns (R-MT)
Burr (R-NC)
Cantwell (D-WA)
Carper (D-DE)
Chafee (R-RI)
Chambliss (R-GA)
Clinton (D-NY)
Coburn (R-OK)
Cochran (R-MS)
Coleman (R-MN)
Collins (R-ME)
Conrad (D-ND)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Craig (R-ID)
Crapo (R-ID)
Dayton (D-MN)
DeMint (R-SC)
DeWine (R-OH)
Dodd (D-CT)
Dole (R-NC)
Domenici (R-NM)
Dorgan (D-ND)
Durbin (D-IL)
Ensign (R-NV)
Enzi (R-WY)
Feinstein (D-CA)
Frist (R-TN)
Graham (R-SC)
Grassley (R-IA)
Gregg (R-NH)
Hagel (R-NE)
Hatch (R-UT)
Hutchison (R-TX)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Isakson (R-GA)
Johnson (D-SD)
Kennedy (D-MA)
Kerry (D-MA)
Kohl (D-WI)
Kyl (R-AZ)
Landrieu (D-LA)
Lautenberg (D-NJ)
Lieberman (D-CT)
Lincoln (D-AR)
Lott (R-MS)
Lugar (R-IN)
Martinez (R-FL)
McCain (R-AZ)
McConnell (R-KY)
Menendez (D-NJ)
Mikulski (D-MD)
Murkowski (R-AK)
Nelson (D-FL)
Nelson (D-NE)
Obama (D-IL)
Pryor (D-AR)
Reed (D-RI)
Reid (D-NV)
Roberts (R-KS)
Rockefeller (D-WV)
Salazar (D-CO)
Santorum (R-PA)
Sarbanes (D-MD)
Schumer (D-NY)
Sessions (R-AL)
Shelby (R-AL)
Smith (R-OR)
Snowe (R-ME)
Specter (R-PA)
Stabenow (D-MI)
Stevens (R-AK)
Sununu (R-NH)
Talent (R-MO)
Thomas (R-WY)
Thune (R-SD)
Vitter (R-LA)
Voinovich (R-OH)
Warner (R-VA)
Senators voting "nay" -
Akaka (D-HI)
Bingaman (D-NM)
Byrd (D-WV)
Feingold (D-WI)
Harkin (D-IA)
Jeffords (I-VT)
Leahy (D-VT)
Levin (D-MI)
Murray (D-WA)
Wyden (D-OR)
Senator Inouye (D-HI) did not cast a vote.
#
Yesterday's cloture motion ended debate on the matter in an 89 - 14
vote. Results of that vote follow.
On the cloture motion:
Senators voting "yea" -
Akaka (D-HI)
Alexander (R-TN)
Allard (R-CO)
Allen (R-VA)
Baucus (D-MT)
Bayh (D-IN)
Bennett (R-UT)
Biden (D-DE)
Bond (R-MO)
Brownback (R-KS)
Bunning (R-KY)
Burns (R-MT)
Burr (R-NC)
Carper (D-DE)
Chafee (R-RI)
Chambliss (R-GA)
Clinton (D-NY)
Coburn (R-OK)
Cochran (R-MS)
Coleman (R-MN)
Collins (R-ME)
Conrad (D-ND)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Craig (R-ID)
Crapo (R-ID)
DeMint (R-SC)
DeWine (R-OH)
Dole (R-NC)
Domenici (R-NM)
Dorgan (D-ND)
Ensign (R-NV)
Enzi (R-WY)
Feinstein (D-CA)
Frist (R-TN)
Graham (R-SC)
Grassley (R-IA)
Gregg (R-NH)
Hagel (R-NE)
Hatch (R-UT)
Hutchison (R-TX)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Isakson (R-GA)
Johnson (D-SD)
Kennedy (D-MA)
Kerry (D-MA)
Kohl (D-WI)
Kyl (R-AZ)
Landrieu (D-LA)
Lautenberg (D-NJ)
Lieberman (D-CT)
Lincoln (D-AR)
Lott (R-MS)
Lugar (R-IN)
Martinez (R-FL)
McCain (R-AZ)
McConnell (R-KY)
Menendez (D-NJ)
Mikulski (D-MD)
Murkowski (R-AK)
Nelson (D-FL)
Nelson (D-NE)
Obama (D-IL)
Pryor (D-AR)
Reed (D-RI)
Reid (D-NV)
Roberts (R-KS)
Rockefeller (D-WV)
Salazar (D-CO)
Santorum (R-PA)
Schumer (D-NY)
Sessions (R-AL)
Shelby (R-AL)
Smith (R-OR)
Snowe (R-ME)
Specter (R-PA)
Stabenow (D-MI)
Stevens (R-AK)
Sununu (R-NH)
Talent (R-MO)
Thomas (R-WY)
Thune (R-SD)
Vitter (R-LA)
Voinovich (R-OH)
Warner (R-VA)
Senators voting "nay" -
Bingaman (D-NM)
Boxer (D-CA)
Byrd (D-WV)
Cantwell (D-WA)
Dayton (D-MN)
Dodd (D-CT)
Durbin (D-IL)
Feingold (D-WI)
Harkin (D-IA)
Jeffords (I-VT)
Leahy (D-VT)
Levin (D-MI)
Murray (D-WA)
Sarbanes (D-MD)
Wyden (D-OR)
Senator Inouye (D-HI) did not cast a vote.
