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Last week, on June 20, the House of Representatives approved a compromise bill to amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA). The bill sets new electronic surveillance rules that effectively shield telecommunications companies from lawsuits resulting from the government’s warrantless eavesdropping on phone calls and viewing of emails of private citizens in the U.S. Approximately 40 lawsuits have been filed with potential damages totaling in the billions of dollars.
On March 14 of this year the House passed an amendment that rejected retroactive immunity for phone carriers who helped the National Security Agency carry out the illegal wiretapping program without proper warrants. Ninety-four House Democrats voted in favor of this measure–rejecting immunity–on March 14, then ‘changed’ to vote in favor of the June 20 House bill–approving immunity.
“Why did these ninety-four House members have a change of heart?” asked Daniel Newman, executive director of MAPLight.org, “Their constituents deserve answers.” – SPOTLIGHT: Telco PACs Gave $8K to Dems Who Changed Their Vote on FISA – (via MAPLight.org)
This does not surprise me in the least. Special interest has been a part of Politics and Washington D.C. for a long time. Obama claims that he is fighting against this, but I somehow doubt it.
The List of sell outs is:
1 |
29500 |
Clyburn, James |
SC-6 |
2 |
29000 |
Hoyer, Steny |
MD-5 |
3 |
28000 |
Emanuel, Rahm |
IL-5 |
4 |
27500 |
Boucher, Frederick |
VA-9 |
5 |
26000 |
Meeks, Gregory |
NY-6 |
6 |
24500 |
Crowley, Joseph |
NY-7 |
7 |
24500 |
Pelosi, Nancy |
CA-8 |
8 |
24000 |
Bean, Melissa |
IL-8 |
9 |
22500 |
Edwards, Thomas |
TX-17 |
10 |
22100 |
Baca, Joe |
CA-43 |
11 |
21500 |
Engel, Eliot |
NY-17 |
12 |
19000 |
Bishop, Sanford |
GA-2 |
13 |
18500 |
Moore, Dennis |
KS-3 |
14 |
18500 |
Spratt, John |
SC-5 |
15 |
18500 |
Thompson, Bennie |
MS-2 |
16 |
16000 |
Melancon, Charles |
LA-3 |
17 |
15500 |
Cuellar, Henry |
TX-28 |
18 |
15500 |
Stupak, Bart |
MI-1 |
19 |
15000 |
Ackerman, Gary |
NY-5 |
20 |
14800 |
Butterfield, George |
NC-1 |
21 |
14300 |
Tanner, John |
TN-8 |
22 |
14000 |
Kind, Ronald |
WI-3 |
23 |
13500 |
Barrow, John |
GA-12 |
24 |
13500 |
Gordon, Barton |
TN-6 |
25 |
12500 |
Costa, Jim |
CA-20 |
26 |
12500 |
Ross, Mike |
AR-4 |
27 |
12000 |
Green, Al |
TX-9 |
28 |
12000 |
Hinojosa, Rubén |
TX-15 |
29 |
11000 |
Cardoza, Dennis |
CA-18 |
30 |
11000 |
Schiff, Adam |
CA-29 |
31 |
10000 |
Boswell, Leonard |
IA-3 |
32 |
9000 |
Boyd, F. |
FL-2 |
33 |
9000 |
Tauscher, Ellen |
CA-10 |
34 |
8500 |
Skelton, Ike |
MO-4 |
35 |
8000 |
Ellsworth, Brad |
IN-8 |
36 |
7500 |
Gutierrez, Luis |
IL-4 |
37 |
7500 |
Rahall, Nick |
WV-3 |
38 |
7000 |
Harman, Jane |
CA-36 |
39 |
7000 |
Langevin, James |
RI-2 |
40 |
7000 |
Lipinski, Daniel |
IL-3 |
41 |
7000 |
Reyes, Silvestre |
TX-16 |
42 |
6500 |
Matheson, Jim |
UT-2 |
43 |
6500 |
Scott, David |
GA-13 |
44 |
6500 |
Wilson, Charles |
OH-6 |
45 |
6000 |
Cleaver, Emanuel |
MO-5 |
46 |
6000 |
Etheridge, Bob |
NC-2 |
47 |
6000 |
Herseth Sandlin, Stephanie |
SD-0 |
48 |
6000 |
Salazar, John |
CO-3 |
49 |
5500 |
Hastings, Alcee |
FL-23 |
50 |
5500 |
McCarthy, Carolyn |
NY-4 |
51 |
5500 |
McIntyre, Mike |
NC-7 |
52 |
5000 |
Davis, Artur |
AL-7 |
53 |
5000 |
Murtha, John |
PA-12 |
54 |
5000 |
Ortiz, Solomon |
TX-27 |
55 |
4500 |
Brown, Corrine |
FL-3 |
56 |
4500 |
Donnelly, Joe |
IN-2 |
57 |
4000 |
Berman, Howard |
CA-28 |
58 |
4000 |
Bishop, Timothy |
NY-1 |
59 |
4000 |
Dicks, Norman |
WA-6 |
60 |
4000 |
Lowey, Nita |
NY-18 |
61 |
4000 |
Mahoney, Tim |
FL-16 |
62 |
3000 |
Murphy, Patrick |
PA-8 |
63 |
3000 |
Smith, Adam |
WA-9 |
64 |
2500 |
Arcuri, Michael |
NY-24 |
65 |
2000 |
Altmire, Jason |
PA-4 |
66 |
2000 |
Castor, Kathy |
FL-11 |
67 |
2000 |
Chandler, Ben |
KY-6 |
68 |
2000 |
Giffords, Gabrielle |
AZ-8 |
69 |
2000 |
Higgins, Brian |
NY-27 |
70 |
2000 |
McNerney, Jerry |
CA-11 |
71 |
2000 |
Mitchell, Harry |
AZ-5 |
72 |
2000 |
Pomeroy, Earl |
ND-0 |
73 |
2000 |
Sherman, Brad |
CA-27 |
74 |
2000 |
Sires, Albio |
NJ-13 |
75 |
1000 |
Berkley, Shelley |
NV-1 |
76 |
1000 |
Boyda, Nancy |
KS-2 |
77 |
1000 |
Gillibrand, Kirsten |
NY-20 |
78 |
1000 |
Kanjorski, Paul |
PA-11 |
79 |
1000 |
Kildee, Dale |
MI-5 |
80 |
1000 |
Klein, Ron |
FL-22 |
81 |
1000 |
Perlmutter, Ed |
CO-7 |
82 |
1000 |
Rodriguez, Ciro |
TX-23 |
83 |
1000 |
Space, Zackary |
OH-18 |
84 |
0 |
Baird, Brian |
WA-3 |
85 |
0 |
Berry, Robert |
AR-1 |
86 |
0 |
Marshall, James |
GA-8 |
87 |
0 |
Peterson, Collin |
MN-7 |
88 |
0 |
Richardson, Laura |
CA-37 |
89 |
0 |
Ruppersberger, C.A. |
MD-2 |
90 |
0 |
Sestak, Joe |
PA-7 |
91 |
0 |
Snyder, Victor |
AR-2 |
92 |
0 |
Taylor, Gene |
MS-4 |
93 |
0 |
Udall, Mark |
CO-2 |
94 |
0 |
Yarmuth, John |
KY-3 |
Unbelievable. So much for the Democrat’s idea of new politics, all this talk of hope and change, is nothing more than a well orchestrated sham.
Others: Firedoglake, The Washington Independent, DownWithTyranny!, The Hill’s Blog Briefing Room and Wake up America and more via Memeorandum
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