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Vote number 2007-0836 removing need for FISA warrant for wiretapping abroad
on Aug 4, 2007 regarding bill S.1927 Protect America Act
Results: Bill Passed, 227-183

Vote on passage of S.1927, the Protect America Act: Amends the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) to state that the restrictions on "electronic surveillance" should not encompass surveillance directed at any person reasonably believed to be located outside the US.
A modified version, S.2011, failed in the Senate; it called for amending FISA to provide that a court order is not required for the electronic surveillance of communication between foreign persons who are not located within the US for collecting foreign intelligence information, without respect to whether the communication passes through the US or the surveillance device is located within the US.
Opponents recommend voting NO because:
Sen. LEVIN: Both bills cure the problem that exists: Our intelligence agencies must obtain a court order to monitor the communications of foreigners suspected of terrorist activities who are physically located in foreign countries. Now, what are the major differences? Our bill (S2011) is limited to foreign targets limited overseas, unlike the Bond bill (S1927), which does not have that key limitation and which very clearly applies to US citizens overseas. Our bill does not. Now, if there is an incidental access to US citizens, we obviously will permit that. But the Bond bill goes beyond that, citing "any person." It does not say a "foreign person." We avoid getting to the communications of Americans. There you have to go for a warrant.
Proponents support voting YES because:
Sen. LIEBERMAN: I will vote for the Bond proposal (S1927) because we are at war, & there is increased terrorist activity. We have a crisis. This proposal will allow us to gather intelligence information on that enemy we otherwise would not gather. This is not the time for striving for legislative perfection. Let us not strive for perfection. Let us put national security first. We are going to have 6 months to reason together to find something better.

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Voting NO counts for 2 points on VoteMatch question 14:
Patriot Act harms civil liberties;
Voting YES counts for -2 points on VoteMatch question 14.

Democrats voting on 2007-0836

Neil Abercrombie NO Hawaii Democrat (Resigned 2010)

Gary Ackerman NO New York Dem./Ind./Lib./Working-Fam.

Tom Allen NO Maine Democrat (Retiring 2008)

Jason Altmire YES Pennsylvania Democrat

Rob Andrews NO New Jersey Democrat

Michael Arcuri NO New York Democrat (until 2010)

Joe Baca NO California Democrat

Brian Baird NO Washington Democrat (until 2010)

Tammy Baldwin NO Wisconsin Democrat

John Barrow YES Georgia Democrat

Melissa Bean YES Illinois Democrat (Unseated 2010)

Shelley Berkley NO Nevada Democrat (Senate run 2012)

Howard Berman NO California Democrat

Sanford Bishop NO Georgia Democrat

Timothy Bishop NO New York Democrat

Earl Blumenauer NO Oregon Democrat

Dan Boren YES Oklahoma Democrat (Retiring 2012)

Leonard Boswell YES Iowa Democrat

Rick Boucher NO Virginia Democrat (until 2010)

Nancy Boyda NO Kansas Democrat (Unseated 2008)

Robert Brady NO Pennsylvania Democrat

Bruce Braley NO Iowa Democrat

Corrine Brown NO Florida Democrat

G.K. Butterfield NO North Carolina Democrat

Lois Capps NO California Democrat

Michael Capuano NO Massachusetts Democrat

Dennis Cardoza NO California Democrat

Russ Carnahan NO Missouri Democrat

Chris Carney YES Pennsylvania Democrat (until 2010)

Julia Carson NO Indiana Democrat (Deceased 2008)

Kathy Castor NO Florida Democrat

Ben Chandler YES Kentucky Democrat

Emmanuel Cleaver NO Missouri Democrat

James Clyburn NO South Carolina Democrat

Steve Cohen NO Tennessee Democrat

John Conyers NO Michigan Democrat

Jim Cooper YES Tennessee Democrat

Jim Costa YES California Democrat

Joe Courtney NO Connecticut Democrat

Bud Cramer YES Alabama Democrat (Retiring 2008)

Joseph Crowley NO New York Democrat

Henry Cuellar YES Texas Democrat

Elijah Cummings NO Maryland Democrat

Danny Davis NO Illinois Democrat

Lincoln Davis YES Tennessee Democrat (until 2010)

Susan Davis NO California Democrat

Peter Defazio NO Oregon Democrat

Diana DeGette NO Colorado Democrat

Rosa DeLauro NO Connecticut Democrat

Norm Dicks NO Washington Democrat

John Dingell NO Michigan Democrat

Lloyd Doggett NO Texas Democrat

Joe Donnelly YES Indiana Democrat (Senate run 2012)

Mike Doyle NO Pennsylvania Democrat

Chet Edwards YES Texas Democrat (until 2010)

Keith Ellison NO Minnesota Democrat

Brad Ellsworth YES Indiana Democrat (until 2010)

Eliot Engel NO New York Democrat/Liberal

Anna Eshoo NO California Democrat

Bob Etheridge YES North Carolina Democrat (Unseated 2010)

Sam Farr NO California Democrat

Chaka Fattah NO Pennsylvania Democrat

Bob Filner NO California Democrat (Mayoral run 2011)

Barney Frank NO Massachusetts Democrat

Gabby Giffords NO Arizona Democrat

Kirsten Gillibrand NO New York Democrat

Charles Gonzalez NO Texas Democrat

Bart Gordon YES Tennessee Democrat (until 2010)

Al Green NO Texas Democrat

Gene Green NO Texas Democrat

Raul Grijalva NO Arizona Democrat

Luis Gutierrez NO Illinois Democrat

John Hall NO New York Democrat (until 2010)

Ralph Moody Hall YES Texas Democrat

Phil Hare NO Illinois Democrat (until 2010)

Jane Harman NO California Democrat (Resigned 2011)

Alcee Hastings NO Florida Democrat

Stephanie Herseth YES South Dakota Democratic (until 2010)

Brian Higgins YES New York Democrat

Maurice Hinchey NO New York Dem./Ind./Lib./Working-Fam.

Mazie Hirono NO Hawaii Democrat (Senate run 2012)

Paul Hodes NO New Hampshire Democrat (until 2010)

Tim Holden NO Pennsylvania Democrat

Rush Holt NO New Jersey Democrat

Mike Honda NO California Democrat

Darlene Hooley NO Oregon Democrat (Retiring 2008)

Steny Hoyer NO Maryland Democrat

Jay Inslee NO Washington Democrat

Steve Israel NO New York Democrat

Jesse Louis Jackson NO Illinois Democrat

Sheila Jackson Lee NO Texas Democrat

William Jefferson NO Louisiana Democrat

Eddie Bernice Johnson NO Texas Democrat

Hank Johnson NO Georgia Democrat

Stephanie Tubbs Jones NO Ohio Democrat (Deceased, 2008)

Steve Kagen NO Wisconsin Democrat (until 2010)

Paul Kanjorski NO Pennsylvania Democrat (until 2010)

Marcy Kaptur NO Ohio Democrat

Dale Kildee NO Michigan Democrat

Ron Kind NO Wisconsin Democrat

Dennis Kucinich NO Ohio Democrat

Nicholas Lampson YES Texas Democrat (Unseated 2008)

James Langevin NO Rhode Island Democrat

Rick Larsen NO Washington Democrat

John Larson NO Connecticut Democrat

Barbara Lee NO California Democrat

Sander Levin NO Michigan Democrat

John Lewis NO Georgia Democrat

Dan Lipinski YES Illinois Democrat

David Loebsack NO Iowa Democrat

Zoe Lofgren NO California Democrat

Nita Lowey NO New York Democrat

Steve Lynch NO Massachusetts Democrat

Tim Mahoney NO Florida Democrat (Unseated 2008)

Carolyn Maloney NO New York Democrat/Liberal

Ed Markey NO Massachusetts Democrat

Jim Matheson YES Utah Democrat

Doris Matsui NO California Democrat

Carolyn McCarthy NO New York Dem./Ind./Working-Families

Betty McCollum NO Minnesota Democrat

Jim McDermott NO Washington Democrat

Jim McGovern NO Massachusetts Democrat

Mike McIntyre YES North Carolina Democrat

Jerry McNerney NO California Democrat

Michael McNulty NO New York Dem./Cons. (Retiring 2008)

Gregory Meeks NO New York Dem./Working-Families

Charles Melancon YES Louisiana Democrat (until 2010)

Michael Michaud NO Maine Democrat

Brad Miller NO North Carolina Democrat

George Miller NO California Democrat

Alan Mollohan NO West Virginia Democrat

Dennis Moore NO Kansas Democrat (until 2010)

Gwen Moore NO Wisconsin Democrat

James Moran NO Virginia Democrat

Chris Murphy NO Connecticut Democrat (Senate run 2012)

Patrick Murphy NO Pennsylvania Democrat (until 2010)

John Murtha NO Pennsylvania Democrat (Deceased Feb. 2010)

Jerrold Nadler NO New York Dem./Lib./Working-Families

Grace Napolitano NO California Democrat

Richard Neal NO Massachusetts Democrat

James Oberstar NO Minnesota Dem./Farmer/Labor (until 2010)

David Obey NO Wisconsin Democrat (until 2010)

John Olver NO Massachusetts Democrat

Solomon Ortiz NO Texas Democrat (Unseated 2010)

Frank Pallone NO New Jersey Democrat

Bill Pascrell NO New Jersey Democrat

Ed Pastor NO Arizona Democrat

Donald Payne NO New Jersey Democrat

Nancy Pelosi NO California Democrat

Ed Perlmutter NO Colorado Democrat

Collin Peterson YES Minnesota Democrat/Farmer/Labor

Earl Pomeroy YES North Dakota Democrat (until 2010)

David Eugene Price NO North Carolina Democrat

Nick Rahall NO West Virginia Democrat

Charles Rangel NO New York Dem./Lib./Working-Families

Silvestre Reyes NO Texas Democrat

Ciro Rodriguez YES Texas Democrat (until 2010)

Steven Rothman NO New Jersey Democrat

Lucille Roybal-Allard NO California Democrat

Dutch Ruppersberger NO Maryland Democrat

Tim Ryan NO Ohio Democrat

John Salazar YES Colorado Democrat (Unseated 2010)

Linda Sanchez NO California Democrat

Loretta Sanchez NO California Democrat

John Sarbanes NO Maryland Democrat

Jan Schakowsky NO Illinois Democrat

Adam Schiff NO California Democrat

Allyson Schwartz NO Pennsylvania Democrat

Bobby Scott NO Virginia Democrat

David Scott NO Georgia Democrat

Jose Serrano NO New York Democrat/Liberal

Joe Sestak NO Pennsylvania Democrat (until 2010)

Carol Shea-Porter NO New Hampshire Democrat (until 2010)

Brad Sherman NO California Democrat

Heath Shuler YES North Carolina Democrat

Albio Sires NO New Jersey Democrat

Louise Slaughter NO New York Democrat

Zack Space YES Ohio Democrat (until 2010)

John Spratt NO South Carolina Democrat (until 2010)

Pete Stark NO California Democrat

Bart Stupak NO Michigan Democrat (until 2010)

Betty Sutton NO Ohio Democrat

John Tanner YES Tennessee Democrat (until 2010)

Gene Taylor YES Mississippi Democrat (until 2010)

Bennie Thompson NO Mississippi Democrat

Mike Thompson NO California Democrat

John Tierney NO Massachusetts Democrat

Ed Towns NO New York Democrat/Liberal

Mark Udall NO Colorado Democrat (Senate 2008)

Tom Udall NO New Mexico Democrat (Senate 2008)

Chris Van Hollen NO Maryland Democrat

Nydia Velazquez NO New York Democrat/Working-Families

Peter Visclosky NO Indiana Democrat

Tim Walz YES Minnesota Democrat

Debbie Wasserman Schultz NO Florida Democrat

Maxine Waters NO California Democrat

Mel Watt NO North Carolina Democrat

Henry Waxman NO California Democrat

Anthony Weiner NO New York Democrat (Resigned 2011)

Peter Welch NO Vermont Democrat

Robert Wexler NO Florida Democrat (resigned Jan. 2010)

Charlie Wilson YES Ohio Democrat (until 2010)

Lynn Woolsey NO California Democrat (Retiring 2012)

David Wu NO Oregon Democrat

Albert Wynn NO Maryland Democrat (Unseated 2008)

John Yarmuth NO Kentucky Democrat

Republicans voting on 2007-0836

Robert Aderholt YES Alabama Republican

Todd Akin YES Missouri Republican (Senate run 2012)

Rodney Alexander YES Louisiana Republican

Michele Bachmann YES Minnesota Republican

Spencer Bachus YES Alabama Republican

Richard Hugh Baker YES Louisiana Republican (Resigned 2008)

Gresham Barrett YES South Carolina Republican (until 2010)

Roscoe Bartlett YES Maryland Republican

Joe Linus Barton YES Texas Republican

Judy Biggert YES Illinois Republican

Brian Bilbray YES California Republican

Gus Bilirakis YES Florida Republican

Rob Bishop YES Utah Republican

Marsha Blackburn YES Tennessee Republican

Roy Blunt YES Missouri Republican (until 2010)

John Boehner YES Ohio Republican

Jo Bonner YES Alabama Republican

Mary Bono YES California Republican

Charles Boustany YES Louisiana Republican

Kevin Brady YES Texas Republican

Paul Broun YES Georgia Republican

Henry Brown YES South Carolina Republican (until 2010)

Vern Buchanan YES Florida Republican

Michael Burgess YES Texas Republican

Dan Burton YES Indiana Republican

Steve Buyer YES Indiana Republican (until 2010)

Ken Calvert YES California Republican

Dave Camp YES Michigan Republican

John Campbell YES California Republican

Chris Cannon YES Utah Republican

Eric Cantor YES Virginia Republican

Shelley Moore Capito YES West Virginia Republican

John Carter YES Texas Republican

Steve Chabot YES Ohio Republican

Tom Cole YES Oklahoma Republican

Mike Conaway YES Texas Republican

Barbara Cubin YES Wyoming Republican (Retiring 2008)

John Culberson YES Texas Republican

David Davis YES Tennessee Republican (Unseated 2008)

Geoff Davis YES Kentucky Republican

Tom Davis YES Virginia Republican (Retiring 2008)

Nathan Deal YES Georgia Republican (Resigned 2010)

Charles Dent YES Pennsylvania Republican

Mario Diaz-Balart YES Florida Republican

John Doolittle YES California Republican (Retiring 2008)

Thelma Drake YES Virginia Republican (Unseated 2008)

David Dreier YES California Republican

Jimmy Duncan YES Tennessee Republican

Vernon Ehlers YES Michigan Republican (until 2010)

Jo Ann Emerson YES Missouri Republican

Phil English YES Pennsylvania Republican (Unseated 2008)

Terry Everett YES Alabama Republican (Retiring 2008)

Mary Fallin YES Oklahoma Republican (until 2010)

Mike Ferguson YES New Jersey Republican (Retiring 2008)

Jeff Flake YES Arizona Republican (Senate run 2012)

Randy Forbes YES Virginia Republican

Jeff Fortenberry YES Nebraska Republican

Vito Fossella YES New York Rep./Cons. (Unseated 2008)

Virginia Foxx YES North Carolina Republican

Trent Franks YES Arizona Republican

Rodney Frelinghuysen YES New Jersey Republican

Elton Gallegly YES California Republican

Scott Garrett YES New Jersey Republican

Jim Gerlach YES Pennsylvania Republican

Wayne Gilchrest YES Maryland Republican (Unseated 2008)

Paul Gillmor YES Ohio Republican (Deceased 2007)

Phil Gingrey YES Georgia Republican

Louie Gohmert YES Texas Republican

Bob Goodlatte YES Virginia Republican

Kay Granger YES Texas Republican

Samuel Graves YES Missouri Republican

Doc Hastings YES Washington Republican

Dean Heller YES Nevada Republican (Resigned 2011)

Jeb Hensarling YES Texas Republican

Wally Herger YES California Republican

Dave Hobson YES Ohio Republican (Retiring 2008)

Peter Hoekstra YES Michigan Republican (until 2010)

Kenny Hulshof YES Missouri Republican (Governor 2008)

Bob Inglis YES South Carolina Republican (until 2010)

Darrell Issa YES California Republican

Timothy Johnson NO Illinois Republican

Walter Beaman Jones NO North Carolina Republican

Jim Jordan YES Ohio Republican

Ric Keller YES Florida Republican (Unseated 2008)

Peter King YES New York Rep./Ind./Cons./Right-To-Life

Steve King YES Iowa Republican

Jack Kingston YES Georgia Republican

Mark Kirk YES Illinois Republican (until 2010)

John Kline YES Minnesota Republican

Joe Knollenberg YES Michigan Republican (Unseated 2008)

Randy Kuhl YES New York Republican (Unseated 2008)

Doug Lamborn YES Colorado Republican

Tom Latham YES Iowa Republican

Steven LaTourette YES Ohio Republican

Jerry Lewis YES California Republican

Ron Lewis YES Kentucky Republican (Retiring 2008)

Frank LoBiondo YES New Jersey Republican

Frank Dean Lucas YES Oklahoma Republican

Dan Lungren YES California Republican

Connie Mack IV YES Florida Republican

Donald Manzullo YES Illinois Republican

Kenny Marchant YES Texas Republican

Kevin McCarthy YES California Republican

Michael McCaul YES Texas Republican

Thad McCotter YES Michigan Republican

Jim McCrery YES Louisiana Republican (Retiring 2008)

Patrick McHenry YES North Carolina Republican

John McHugh YES New York Republican/Conservative

Buck McKeon YES California Republican

Cathy McMorris-Rodgers YES Washington Republican

John Mica YES Florida Republican

Candice Miller YES Michigan Republican

Gary Miller YES California Republican

Jeff Miller YES Florida Republican

Jerry Moran YES Kansas Republican (until 2010)

Tim Murphy YES Pennsylvania Republican

Marilyn Musgrave YES Colorado Republican (Unseated 2008)

Sue Myrick YES North Carolina Republican

Randy Neugebauer YES Texas Republican

Devin Nunes YES California Republican

Steve Pearce YES New Mexico Republican

Mike Pence YES Indiana Republican (Gov. run 2012)

John Peterson YES Pennsylvania Republican (Retired 2008)

Tom Petri YES Wisconsin Republican

Charles Pickering YES Mississippi Republican (Retiring 2008)

Joseph Pitts YES Pennsylvania Republican

Todd Platts YES Pennsylvania Republican

Ted Poe YES Texas Republican

Jon Porter YES Nevada Republican (Unseated 2008)

Tom Price YES Georgia Republican

Deborah Pryce YES Ohio Republican

Jim Ramstad YES Minnesota Republican (Retiring 2008)

Ralph Regula YES Ohio Republican (Retiring 2008)

Dennis Rehberg YES Montana Republican (Senate run 2012)

Dave Reichert YES Washington Republican (Governor run 2012)

Rick Renzi YES Arizona Republican (Retiring 2008)

Thomas Reynolds YES New York Republican (Retiring 2008)

Hal Rogers YES Kentucky Republican

Michael Rogers YES Alabama Republican

Mike Rogers YES Michigan Republican

Dana Rohrabacher YES California Republican

Ileana Ros-Lehtinen YES Florida Republican

Peter Roskam YES Illinois Republican

Ed Royce YES California Republican

Paul Ryan YES Wisconsin Republican

Bill Sali YES Idaho Republican (Unseated 2008)

Jean Schmidt YES Ohio Republican

James Sensenbrenner YES Wisconsin Republican

Pete Sessions YES Texas Republican

John Shadegg YES Arizona Republican

Christopher Shays YES Connecticut Republican (Unseated 2008)

John Shimkus YES Illinois Republican

Bill Shuster YES Pennsylvania Republican

Mike Simpson YES Idaho Republican

Adrian Smith YES Nebraska Republican

Christopher Smith YES New Jersey Republican

Lamar Smith YES Texas Republican

Linda Smith NO Washington Republican Former (1994-)

Mark Souder YES Indiana Republican (until 2010)

Cliff Stearns YES Florida Republican

John Sullivan YES Oklahoma Republican

Lee Terry YES Nebraska Republican

Mac Thornberry YES Texas Republican

Todd Tiahrt YES Kansas Republican (until 2010)

Pat Tiberi YES Ohio Republican

Fred Upton YES Michigan Republican

Tim Walberg YES Michigan Republican

Greg Walden YES Oregon Republican

Jim Walsh YES New York Rep./Ind. (Retiring 2008)

Zach Wamp YES Tennessee Republican (until 2010)

Dave Weldon YES Florida Republican (Retiring 2008)

Jerry Weller YES Illinois Republican (Retiring 2008)

Lynn Westmoreland YES Georgia Republican

Ed Whitfield YES Kentucky Republican

Roger Wicker YES Mississippi Republican (Senate 2008)

Heather Wilson YES New Mexico Republican (Senate 2008)

Joe Wilson YES South Carolina Republican

Bill Young YES Florida Republican

Independents voting on 2007-0836

Marion Berry NO Arkansas Former Democrat (until 2010)

John Boozman YES Arkansas Former GOP (until 2010)

Allen Boyd YES Florida Former Democrat (until 2010)

Ginny Brown-Waite YES Florida Former GOP (until 2010)

Michael Castle YES Delaware Former GOP (until 2010)

Artur Davis YES Alabama Former Democrat (until 2010)

Lincoln Diaz-Balart YES Florida Former GOP (until 2010)

Rahm Emanuel NO Illinois Former Democrat (until 2009)

Tom Feeney YES Florida Former GOP

John Linder YES Georgia Former GOP (until 2010)

Jim Marshall YES Georgia Former Democrat (until 2010)

Kendrick Meek NO Florida Former Democrat (until 2010)

Harry Mitchell YES Arizona Former Democrat (until 2010)

Adam Putnam YES Florida Former GOP (until 2010)

George Radanovich YES California Former GOP (until 2010)

Vic Snyder YES Arkansas Former Democrat (until 2010)

Hilda Solis NO California Former Democrat (until 2009)

Ellen Tauscher NO California Former Democrat (until 2009)

Diane Watson NO California Former Democrat (until 2010)

Total votes recorded by OnTheIssues:

Democrats: YES 35; NO 171
Republicans: YES 175; NO 3
Independents: YES 13; NO 6

Vote number 2007-0836 removing need for FISA warrant for wiretapping abroad on Aug 4, 2007 regarding bill S.1927 Protect America Act Results: Bill Passed, 227-183

Categorized under Homeland Security

Voting NO counts for 2 points on VoteMatch question 14:Patriot Act harms civil liberties; Voting YES counts for -2 points on VoteMatch question 14.

Democrats voting on 2007-0836

Republicans voting on 2007-0836

Independents voting on 2007-0836

Total votes recorded by OnTheIssues:

Vote number 2007-0836 removing need for FISA warrant for wiretapping abroad
on Aug 4, 2007 regarding bill S.1927 Protect America Act
Results: Bill Passed, 227-183

Voting NO counts for 2 points on VoteMatch question 14:
Patriot Act harms civil liberties;
Voting YES counts for -2 points on VoteMatch question 14.