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Title: PATRIOT ACT EXTENSION FAILS
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Campaign for Liberty
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Published: Feb 8, 2011
Author: C4L
Post Date: 2011-02-08 20:32:58 by abraxas
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PATRIOT ACT EXTENSION FAILS Thanks to your dedicated efforts, the motion to suspend the rules and pass the extension of three PATRIOT Act provisions failed tonight in the House of Representatives! Since they were attempting to pass it on the suspension calendar, the vote required two thirds (290 members) of the House to agree to it. The vote came down to the wire, and you could hear the arms breaking on Capitol Hill out here in Springfield, VA. By a vote of 277-148, the House failed to pass the extension - click here for the roll call vote to see how your representative voted! Thanks again for all you've done, but remember, we can't let up pressure now. This won't be the last we've heard of the PATRIOT Act renewal in the House.
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#2. To: abraxas, *Bilderberg and NWO Watch* (#0)
'House out of order' after first blockage of Patriot Act in ten years
...87 new Republican Congressmen and 13 new Republican Senators were sworn into office last month. Many of them claim to hold 'Tea Party' limited government type values. Yet out of the 87 new Republicans in the House, we had a gain of only 16 votes against the Patriot Act compared with last year. So much for the TEA Party being an agent of change within the GOP....but I'm glad the extension failed nonetheless.
However it died, and whoever killed it, I could care less. Keep 'em coming.
these rats will bring it up for another vote before feb 28. you know it.
Artisan, I think we need to allow at least one day to celebrate a small, but important victory. Patriot Act extension fails in the House by seven votes House rejects Patriot Act extension More than two-dozen House Republicans bucked their party to oppose the measure that would extend three key provisions in the counterterrorism law. By Paul Kane and Felicia Sonmez Washington Post Staff Writers Tuesday, February 8, 2011; 9:21 PM House Republicans suffered an embarrassing setback Tuesday when they fell seven votes short of extending provisions of the Patriot Act, a vote that served as the first small uprising of the party's tea-party bloc.
you got it. i am doing a comparison between who voted for what. now there were 87 new gop congressman sworn in last month. Last year, only 10 gop congressmen voted no on the patriot act. this year, it was 26, a gain of 16. 16 out of 87 is small %, but it did the trick. i will list all of them as well as those who claimed tea party status yet voted yes on it.thes thigns are important to expose the rats. mcclintock, a previous fave candidate of mine here in ca, is one who i criticized for voting yes on it last year. he voted no this time round, for some reason.
More than doubled -- about 62% more. Applause! Re: this problematic flashback from your 'House out of order' link at Post #2: Martin Hill May 9th, 2010 5:10 am PT On February 25th, Congress voted to renew three sections of the Patriot Act which were set to expire. They did so in a secretive way, lumping the 'Patriot Act' renewal into a group of other bills that were set to expire. In effect, they bundled the bills into one vote as to avoid public debate or publicity on the matter. So at 7:25 PM on a Thursday night, it was extended for another year, in bill H R 3961 titled Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act. That skullduggery of lumping bills together should be abolished. So should their redundant maneuvers at taxpayer's expense to force legislation that's been voted down back onto the floor before the ink has even dried. The States should nullify any such reprehensible, steamrolled legislation -- as well as any bills not read and debated before voting, like the oxymoronic "PATRIOT" Act of 2001 -- and bill the DC offenders for the time.
ALL things FEDERAL should be abolished - terminated !
And then what? Anarchy? I agree there needs to be some massive rollbacks. You might like this new book by Tom Woods: by Thomas E. Woods, Jr. Today is the release date for my new book, Rollback : Repealing Big Government Before the Coming Fiscal Collapse. It could just as easily have been called Everything Needs to Be Abolished, and Here’s Why. [sic] let’s suppose that the federal government has in fact been an enemy of the people’s welfare, and that the progress in our living standards has occurred quite in spite of its efforts. It pits individuals, firms, industries, regions, races, and age groups against each other in a zero-sum game of mutual plunder. It takes credit for improvements in material conditions that we in fact owe to the private sector, while refusing to accept responsibility for the countless failures and social ills to which its own programs have given rise. Rather than bringing about the "public good," whatever that means, it governs us through a series of fiefdoms seeking bigger budgets and more power. Despite the veneer of public-interest rhetoric by which it camouflages its real nature, it is a mere parasite on productive activity and a net minus in the story of human welfare. Now if this is a more accurate depiction of the federal government, we are likely to have a different view of the consequences of the coming fiscal collapse. So an institution that has seized our wealth, held back the rise in our standard of living, and deceived schoolchildren into honoring it as the source of all progress, will have to be cut back? What’s the catch? This is no calamity to be deplored. It is an opportunity to be seized. The primary purpose of the book, therefore, is to demonstrate that we would not only survive but even flourish in the absence of countless institutions we are routinely told we could not live without.
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Not yet. Maybe someday. Sounds like it would be a wise investment to buy it for our own collections if we can and also donate copies to the public libraries roundabout ASAP.
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Make an anonymous donation. :)
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Rubbing my hands anticipating delivery. : D Great! I hope you'll give us some periodic bookreports here as you move through the chapters. :)
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#81. To: Eric Stratton (#80)
Ok. Making a mental note to do that.
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#29. To: Jethro Tull, farmfriend (#27)
#30. To: Artisan, 4 (#29)
www.washingtonpost.com/wp...2/08/AR2011020806345.html
#42. To: Jethro Tull (#30)
#49. To: Artisan (#42)
Last year, only 10 gop congressmen voted no on the patriot act. this year, it was 26, a gain of 16.
Ten Republicans who voted no to renew Patriot Act in 2010
#51. To: GreyLmist (#49)
That skullduggery of lumping bills together should be abolished.
#54. To: noone222 (#51)
ALL things FEDERAL should be abolished - terminated !
Who’s Afraid of a Free Society?
#61. To: GreyLmist, noone222 (#54)
#69. To: Eric Stratton (#61)
I don't suppose that this book is available in the pubic libraries. LOL
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#77. To: Eric Stratton (#75)
they'd probably call HOSE if anyone brought that book to the pubic libary.
I'm getting ready to order it.
#78. To: GreyLmist (#77)
#79. To: Eric Stratton (#78)
Done!
#80. To: GreyLmist (#79)
Replies to Comment # 80. Remind me.
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