This page contains bill sponsorships in the Senate and House.
Bill sponsorships indicate the topics that legislators are most interested in, and spend the most time on.
Bill Sponsorship: restricting domestic monitoring of phone calls
Source: H.R.2048&S.2685
The Uniting and Strengthening America by Fulfilling Rights and Ensuring Effective Discipline Over Monitoring Act of 2014 or the USA FREEDOM Act: Congressional Summary: Requires the FBI, when seeking phone call records, to show both relevance and a reasonable suspicion that the specific selection term is associated with a foreign power engaged in international terrorism.Requires a judge approving the release, on a daily basis, of call detail records; and to limit production of records to a period of 180 days.Requires a declassification review of each decision issued by the FISA court; and make such decisions publicly available, subject to permissible redactions.Opposing argument: (ACLU, "Surveillance Reform After the USA Freedom Act", June 3, 2015): The USA Freedom Act that passed by a 67-32 margin is not as strong as we wanted. It is markedly weaker than the original version of the USA Freedom Act that the ACLU first supported in 2013.
We supported a sunset of the provisions in an effort to advance more comprehensive reform, including rejecting surveillance through cybersecurity information-sharing legislation. Notwithstanding this, however, it is very clear that the USA Freedom Act is a historic step forward. Opposing argument: (Cato Institute , "Cato scholars differ on USA Freedom Act", Oct., 2015): The privacy community remained divided over the USA Freedom Act. The final version of the bill reauthorized several expiring Patriot Act provisions, but limited bulk collection. Some legislators argued that to pass new legislation would only provide the government convenient new legal justification for its spying--which it would interpret broadly. On the opposite side of the argument stood some pro-privacy groups who held that modest reforms were better than no reforms at all.
Also see Senate version S.1123
Participating counts on VoteMatch question 24.
Scores: -2=Strongly oppose; -1=Oppose; 0=neutral; 1=Support; 2=Strongly support.
- Topic: Homeland Security
- Headline: Restrict domestic monitoring of phone calls
(Score: 2)
- Key for participation codes:
- Sponsorships: p=sponsored; o=co-sponsored; s=signed
- Memberships: c=chair; m=member; e=endorsed; f=profiled; s=scored
- Resolutions: i=introduced; w=wrote; a=adopted
- Cases: w=wrote; j=joined; d=dissented; c=concurred
- Surveys: '+' supports; '-' opposes.
Democrats
participating in 14-H2048 |
Karen Bass |
s1s | California Democrat | Oct 29, 2013 |
Ami Bera |
s1s | California Democrat | Oct 29, 2013 |
Earl Blumenauer |
s1s | Oregon Democrat | Oct 29, 2013 |
Suzanne Bonamici |
s1s | Oregon Democrat | Nov 15, 2013 |
Julia Brownley |
s1s | California Democrat | Nov 20, 2013 |
Lois Capps |
s1s | California Democrat (retiring 2016) | Dec 19, 2013 |
Michael Capuano |
s1s | MA Former Democratic Primary Senate Challenger (2009) | Oct 29, 2013 |
Andre Carson |
s1s | Indiana Democrat | Nov 21, 2013 |
Judy Chu |
s1s | California Democrat | Oct 29, 2013 |
David Cicilline |
s1s | Rhode Island Democrat | Dec 11, 2013 |
Katherine Clark |
s1s | Massachusetts Democrat | Feb 25, 2014 |
Steve Cohen |
s1s | Tennessee Democrat | May 6, 2014 |
John Conyers |
s1s | Michigan Democrat | Oct 29, 2013 |
Joe Courtney |
s1s | Connecticut Democrat | Dec 16, 2013 |
Elijah Cummings |
s1s | Maryland Democrat | Nov 15, 2013 |
Peter Defazio |
s1s | Oregon Democrat | Dec 3, 2013 |
Diana DeGette |
s1s | Colorado Democrat | May 7, 2014 |
Rosa DeLauro |
s1s | Connecticut Democrat | Dec 19, 2013 |
Suzan DelBene |
s1s | Washington Democrat | Oct 29, 2013 |
Keith Ellison |
s1s | Minnesota Democrat | Oct 29, 2013 |
Anna Eshoo |
s1s | California Democrat | Oct 29, 2013 |
Sam Farr |
s1s | California Democrat | Oct 29, 2013 |
Tulsi Gabbard |
s1s | Hawaii Democrat | Oct 29, 2013 |
John Garamendi |
s1s | California Democrat | Oct 29, 2013 |
Alan Grayson |
s1s | FL Democratic Senate candidate | Oct 29, 2013 |
Gene Green |
s1s | Texas Democrat | Oct 29, 2013 |
Raul Grijalva |
s1s | Arizona Democrat | Dec 11, 2013 |
Colleen Hanabusa |
s1s | Hawaii Democrat (Senate run 2014) | Oct 30, 2013 |
Steven Horsford |
s1s | Nevada Democrat | Oct 30, 2013 |
Jared Huffman |
s1s | California Democrat | Oct 29, 2013 |
Sheila Jackson Lee |
s1s | Texas Democrat | Oct 29, 2013 |
Hakeem Jeffries |
s1s | New York Democrat | Oct 29, 2013 |
Hank Johnson |
s1s | Georgia Democrat | Oct 29, 2013 |
Rick Larsen |
s1s | Washington Democrat | Nov 13, 2013 |
Barbara Lee |
s1s | California Democrat | Oct 29, 2013 |
John Lewis |
s1s | Georgia Democrat | Oct 30, 2013 |
Zoe Lofgren |
s1s | California Democrat | Oct 29, 2013 |
Alan Lowenthal |
s1s | California Democrat | Oct 29, 2013 |
Ben Ray Lujan |
s1s | New Mexico Democrat | Feb 10, 2014 |
Carolyn Maloney |
s1s | New York Democrat/Liberal | Feb 26, 2014 |
Doris Matsui |
s1s | California Democrat | Jan 7, 2014 |
Betty McCollum |
s1s | Minnesota Democrat | Oct 30, 2013 |
Jim McDermott |
s1s | Washington Democrat | Dec 11, 2013 |
Michael Michaud |
s1s | Maine Democratic Governor Challenger | Oct 29, 2013 |
Gwen Moore |
s1s | Wisconsin Democrat | Oct 29, 2013 |
James Moran |
s1s | Virginia Democrat (retiring 2014) | Oct 29, 2013 |
Jerrold Nadler |
s1s | New York Dem./Lib./Working-Families | Oct 29, 2013 |
Grace Napolitano |
s1s | California Democrat | Mar 12, 2014 |
Richard Neal |
s1s | Massachusetts Democrat | Mar 5, 2014 |
Eleanor Holmes Norton |
s1s | District of Columbia Democrat | Oct 29, 2013 |
Beto O`Rourke |
s1s | Texas Democrat | Oct 29, 2013 |
Gary Peters |
s1s | MI Democratic Challenger | May 7, 2014 |
Chellie Pingree |
s1s | Maine Democrat | Nov 13, 2013 |
Mark Pocan |
s1s | Wisconsin Democrat | Oct 29, 2013 |
Jared Polis |
s1s | Colorado Democrat | Oct 29, 2013 |
Mike Quigley |
s1s | Illinois Democrat | Oct 29, 2013 |
Cedric Richmond |
s1s | Louisiana Democrat | Oct 29, 2013 |
Kurt Schrader |
s1s | Oregon Democrat | Jan 10, 2014 |
Jose Serrano |
s1s | New York Democrat/Liberal | May 7, 2014 |
Carol Shea-Porter |
s1s | New Hampshire Democrat | Dec 3, 2013 |
Brad Sherman |
s1s | California Democrat | Jan 28, 2014 |
Jackie Speier |
s1s | California Democrat | Oct 29, 2013 |
Eric Swalwell |
s1s | California Democrat | Feb 5, 2014 |
Bennie Thompson |
s1s | Mississippi Democrat | Oct 29, 2013 |
John Tierney |
s1s | Massachusetts Democrat | Nov 13, 2013 |
Paul Tonko |
s1s | New York Democrat | Feb 27, 2014 |
Niki Tsongas |
s1s | Massachusetts Democrat | Mar 4, 2014 |
Filemon Vela |
s1s | Texas Democrat | Dec 3, 2013 |
Peter Welch |
s1s | Vermont Democrat | Oct 29, 2013 |
Republicans
participating in 14-H2048 |
Justin Amash |
s1s | Michigan Republican | Oct 29, 2013 |
Mark Amodei |
s1s | Nevada Republican | Oct 29, 2013 |
Kerry Bentivolio |
s1s | Michigan Republican | Oct 29, 2013 |
Jim Bridenstine |
s1s | Oklahoma Republican | Jan 10, 2014 |
Paul Broun |
s1s | GA Republican Challenger | Jan 7, 2014 |
Vern Buchanan |
s1s | Florida Republican | Oct 29, 2013 |
Michael Burgess |
s1s | Texas Republican | Oct 29, 2013 |
John Campbell |
s1s | California Republican (retiring 2014) | Feb 11, 2014 |
Mike Coffman |
s1s | Colorado Republican | Oct 29, 2013 |
Steve Daines |
s1s | Montana Republican (Senate run 2014) | Oct 29, 2013 |
Sean Duffy |
s1s | Wisconsin Republican | Oct 29, 2013 |
Jeff Duncan |
s1s | South Carolina Republican | Oct 29, 2013 |
Blake Farenthold |
s1s | Texas Republican | Oct 30, 2013 |
John Fleming |
s1s | LA Republican Senate candidate | Dec 3, 2013 |
Cory Gardner |
s1s | CO Republican Senate challenger | Mar 4, 2014 |
Scott Garrett |
s1s | New Jersey Republican | Jan 28, 2014 |
Louie Gohmert |
s1s | Texas Republican | Oct 29, 2013 |
Bob Goodlatte |
s1s | Virginia Republican | May 9, 2014 |
Paul Gosar |
s1s | Arizona Republican | May 7, 2014 |
Trey Gowdy |
s1s | South Carolina Republican | Oct 29, 2013 |
Tom Graves |
s1s | Georgia Republican | Oct 29, 2013 |
Brett Guthrie |
s1s | Kentucky Republican | Feb 11, 2014 |
Tim Huelskamp |
s1s | Kansas Republican | Oct 29, 2013 |
Duncan Hunter |
s1s | California Republican (Retiring 2008) | Oct 29, 2013 |
Jim Jordan |
s1s | Ohio Republican | Dec 16, 2013 |
Jack Kingston |
s1s | GA Republican Challenger | Nov 21, 2013 |
Raul Labrador |
s1s | Idaho Republican | Oct 29, 2013 |
Doug LaMalfa |
s1s | California Republican | Nov 20, 2013 |
Leonard Lance |
s1s | New Jersey Republican | May 7, 2014 |
Billy Long |
s1s | Missouri Republican | Oct 29, 2013 |
Blaine Luetkemeyer |
s1s | Missouri Republican | Nov 21, 2013 |
Kenny Marchant |
s1s | Texas Republican | Mar 4, 2014 |
Thomas Massie |
s1s | Kentucky Republican | Oct 29, 2013 |
Tom McClintock |
s1s | CA03 Former Republican Challenger (2003) | Oct 30, 2013 |
Luke Messer |
s1s | Indiana Republican | Dec 16, 2013 |
John Mica |
s1s | Florida Republican | Oct 29, 2013 |
Markwayne Mullin |
s1s | Oklahoma Republican | Oct 29, 2013 |
Kristi Noem |
s1s | SD Republican | Nov 21, 2013 |
Scott Perry |
s1s | Pennsylvania Republican | Nov 13, 2013 |
Ted Poe |
s1s | Texas Republican | Oct 29, 2013 |
Reid Ribble |
s1s | Wisconsin Republican | Nov 13, 2013 |
Dana Rohrabacher |
s1s | California Republican | Oct 29, 2013 |
Todd Rokita |
s1s | Indiana Republican | Oct 29, 2013 |
Matt Salmon |
s1s | Arizona Republican | Dec 3, 2013 |
Mark Sanford |
s1s | SC Former Republican Governor (2002-2010) | Oct 29, 2013 |
David Schweikert |
s1s | Arizona Republican | Oct 29, 2013 |
Austin Scott |
s1s | Georgia Republican | Jan 10, 2014 |
James Sensenbrenner |
s2p | Wisconsin Republican | Oct 29, 2013 |
Christopher Smith |
s1s | New Jersey Republican | Oct 30, 2013 |
Jason Smith |
s1s | Missouri Republican | Oct 29, 2013 |
Chris Stewart |
s1s | Utah Republican | Oct 29, 2013 |
Steve Stockman |
s1s | Texas Republican (Senate run 2014) | Dec 11, 2013 |
Lee Terry |
s1s | Nebraska Republican | Oct 29, 2013 |
Glenn Thompson |
s1s | Pennsylvania Republican | Oct 29, 2013 |
Joe Wilson |
s1s | South Carolina Republican | Apr 10, 2014 |
Kevin Yoder |
s1s | Kansas Republican | Oct 29, 2013 |
Ted Yoho |
s1s | Florida Republican | Oct 29, 2013 |
Don Young |
s1s | Alaska Republican | Oct 29, 2013 |
Independents
participating in 14-H2048 |
Tim Griffin |
s1s | AR GOP Lt.Gov Challenger | Oct 29, 2013 |
Darrell Issa |
s1s | CA03 Former Initiator of Gubernatorial Recall (2003) | Oct 29, 2013 |
Mick Mulvaney |
s1s | SC Budget Director | Oct 29, 2013 |
Total recorded by OnTheIssues:
Democrats:
69
Republicans:
58
Independents:
3 |
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