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14-H3361 on Oct 29, 2013

• Amends the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) to require that the records sought pertain to an individual in contact with a foreign power.
• Amends the USA PATRIOT Act to minimize the acquisition and retention of information and to prohibit its unauthorized dissemination.
• Imposes additional requirements on the authorized use of pen registers and trap and trace devices (devices for recording incoming and outgoing telephone numbers).
• Prohibits the searching of collections of communications of US persons.

  Opponent's argument against (Electronic Frontier Foundation): The bill only addresses a small portion of the problems created by NSA spying. It does not touch problems like NSA programs to sabotage encryption standards; it does not effectively tackle the issue of collecting information on people outside of the US; and it doesn't address the authority that the government is supposedly using to tap the data links between service provider data centers, such as those owned by Google and Yahoo. The bill also does not address excessive secrecy; it won't deal with the major over-classification issues or the state secrets privilege.

  Opponent's argument against (J. Kirk Wiebe, former NSA Senior Intelligence Analyst interview with TheRealNews.com): It's window dressing. Stopping bulk collection is a good step, but the only thing that's going to fix this is direct access into NSA's databases by an independent group of hackers, techie types, people like Snowden who know how to get into a network and look at things and verify that the data they're collecting and what they're doing with it complies with the Constitution. The NSA has essentially operated illegally--unconstitutionally--for 60% of its existence.

  Also see the related Senate bill S.1599.

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  Participating counts on VoteMatch question 24. Scores: -2=Strongly oppose; -1=Oppose; 0=neutral; 1=Support; 2=Strongly support.
  • Topic: Homeland Security
  • Headline: End bulk data collection under USA PATRIOT Act (Score: 2)
  • Headline 2: Sponsored ending bulk data collection under USA PATRIOT Act (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-H3361
  Karen Bass	s1o	California Democrat	Oct 29, 2013
  Ami Bera	s1o	California Democrat	Oct 29, 2013
  Earl Blumenauer	s1o	Oregon Democrat	Oct 29, 2013
  Suzanne Bonamici	s1o	Oregon Democrat	Nov 15, 2013
  Julia Brownley	s1o	California Democrat	Nov 20, 2013
  Lois Capps	s1o	California Democrat (retiring 2016)	Dec 19, 2013
  Michael Capuano	s1o	MA Former Democratic Primary Senate Challenger (2009)	Oct 29, 2013
  Andre Carson	s1o	Indiana Democrat	Nov 21, 2013
  Judy Chu	s1o	California Democrat	Oct 29, 2013
  David Cicilline	s1o	Rhode Island Democrat	Dec 11, 2013
  Katherine Clark	s1o	Massachusetts Democrat	Feb 25, 2014
  Steve Cohen	s1o	Tennessee Democrat	May 6, 2014
  John Conyers	s1o	Michigan Democrat	Oct 29, 2013
  Joe Courtney	s1o	Connecticut Democrat	Dec 16, 2013
  Elijah Cummings	s1o	Maryland Democrat	Nov 15, 2013
  Peter Defazio	s1o	Oregon Democrat	Dec 3, 2013
  Diana DeGette	s1o	Colorado Democrat	May 7, 2014
  Rosa DeLauro	s1o	Connecticut Democrat	Dec 19, 2013
  Suzan DelBene	s1o	Washington Democrat	Oct 29, 2013
  Ted Deutch	s1o	Florida Democrat	Oct 29, 2013
  Mike Doyle	s1o	Pennsylvania Democrat	Feb 11, 2014
  Keith Ellison	s1o	Minnesota Democrat	Oct 29, 2013
  Bill Enyart	s1o	Illinois Democrat	Oct 30, 2013
  Anna Eshoo	s1o	California Democrat	Oct 29, 2013
  Sam Farr	s1o	California Democrat	Oct 29, 2013
  Tulsi Gabbard	s1o	Hawaii Democrat	Oct 29, 2013
  John Garamendi	s1o	California Democrat	Oct 29, 2013
  Alan Grayson	s1o	FL Democratic Senate candidate	Oct 29, 2013
  Gene Green	s1o	Texas Democrat	Oct 29, 2013
  Raul Grijalva	s1o	Arizona Democrat	Dec 11, 2013
  Colleen Hanabusa	s1o	Hawaii Democrat (Senate run 2014)	Oct 30, 2013
  Mike Honda	s1o	California Democrat	Oct 29, 2013
  Steven Horsford	s1o	Nevada Democrat	Oct 30, 2013
  Jared Huffman	s1o	California Democrat	Oct 29, 2013
  Sheila Jackson Lee	s1o	Texas Democrat	Oct 29, 2013
  Hakeem Jeffries	s1o	New York Democrat	Oct 29, 2013
  Hank Johnson	s1o	Georgia Democrat	Oct 29, 2013
  Bill Keating	s1o	Massachusetts Democrat	Jan 7, 2014
  Joe Kennedy III	s1o	Massachusetts Democrat	Jan 28, 2014
  Annie Kuster	s1o	New Hampshire Democrat	Nov 13, 2013
  Rick Larsen	s1o	Washington Democrat	Nov 13, 2013
  Barbara Lee	s1o	California Democrat	Oct 29, 2013
  John Lewis	s1o	Georgia Democrat	Oct 30, 2013
  Zoe Lofgren	s1o	California Democrat	Oct 29, 2013
  Alan Lowenthal	s1o	California Democrat	Oct 29, 2013
  Ben Ray Lujan	s1o	New Mexico Democrat	Feb 10, 2014
  Steve Lynch	s1o	Massachusetts Democrat (Senate run 2013)	Jan 29, 2014
  Carolyn Maloney	s1o	New York Democrat/Liberal	Feb 26, 2014
  Doris Matsui	s1o	California Democrat	Jan 7, 2014
  Betty McCollum	s1o	Minnesota Democrat	Oct 30, 2013
  Jim McDermott	s1o	Washington Democrat	Dec 11, 2013
  Jim McGovern	s1o	Massachusetts Democrat	Nov 13, 2013
  Michael Michaud	s1o	Maine Democratic Governor Challenger	Oct 29, 2013
  Gwen Moore	s1o	Wisconsin Democrat	Oct 29, 2013
  James Moran	s1o	Virginia Democrat (retiring 2014)	Oct 29, 2013
  Jerrold Nadler	s1o	New York Dem./Lib./Working-Families	Oct 29, 2013
  Grace Napolitano	s1o	California Democrat	Mar 12, 2014
  Richard Neal	s1o	Massachusetts Democrat	Mar 5, 2014
  Eleanor Holmes Norton	s1o	District of Columbia Democrat	Oct 29, 2013
  Beto O`Rourke	s1o	Texas Democrat	Oct 29, 2013
  Gary Peters	s1o	MI Democratic Challenger	May 7, 2014
  Chellie Pingree	s1o	Maine Democrat	Nov 13, 2013
  Mark Pocan	s1o	Wisconsin Democrat	Oct 29, 2013
  Jared Polis	s1o	Colorado Democrat	Oct 29, 2013
  Mike Quigley	s1o	Illinois Democrat	Oct 29, 2013
  Cedric Richmond	s1o	Louisiana Democrat	Oct 29, 2013
  Jan Schakowsky	s1o	Illinois Democrat	Dec 11, 2013
  Kurt Schrader	s1o	Oregon Democrat	Jan 10, 2014
  Bobby Scott	s1o	Virginia Democrat	Oct 29, 2013
  Jose Serrano	s1o	New York Democrat/Liberal	May 7, 2014
  Carol Shea-Porter	s1o	New Hampshire Democrat	Dec 3, 2013
  Brad Sherman	s1o	California Democrat	Jan 28, 2014
  Jackie Speier	s1o	California Democrat	Oct 29, 2013
  Eric Swalwell	s1o	California Democrat	Feb 5, 2014
  Bennie Thompson	s1o	Mississippi Democrat	Oct 29, 2013
  John Tierney	s1o	Massachusetts Democrat	Nov 13, 2013
  Paul Tonko	s1o	New York Democrat	Feb 27, 2014
  Niki Tsongas	s1o	Massachusetts Democrat	Mar 4, 2014
  Filemon Vela	s1o	Texas Democrat	Dec 3, 2013
  Peter Welch	s1o	Vermont Democrat	Oct 29, 2013

  
  
  

  Republicans participating in 14-H3361
  Justin Amash	s1o	Michigan Republican	Oct 29, 2013
  Mark Amodei	s1o	Nevada Republican	Oct 29, 2013
  Kerry Bentivolio	s1o	Michigan Republican	Oct 29, 2013
  Jim Bridenstine	s1o	Oklahoma Republican	Jan 10, 2014
  Paul Broun	s1o	GA Republican Challenger	Jan 7, 2014
  Vern Buchanan	s1o	Florida Republican	Oct 29, 2013
  Michael Burgess	s1o	Texas Republican	Oct 29, 2013
  John Campbell	s1o	California Republican (retiring 2014)	Feb 11, 2014
  John Howard Coble	s1o	North Carolina Republican (retiring 2014)	Oct 29, 2013
  Mike Coffman	s1o	Colorado Republican	Oct 29, 2013
  Steve Daines	s1o	Montana Republican (Senate run 2014)	Oct 29, 2013
  Sean Duffy	s1o	Wisconsin Republican	Oct 29, 2013
  Jeff Duncan	s1o	South Carolina Republican	Oct 29, 2013
  Jimmy Duncan	s1o	Tennessee Republican	Feb 11, 2014
  Blake Farenthold	s1o	Texas Republican	Oct 30, 2013
  Mike Fitzpatrick	s1o	Pennsylvania Republican (retiring 2016)	Oct 29, 2013
  John Fleming	s1o	LA Republican Senate candidate	Dec 3, 2013
  Cory Gardner	s1o	CO Republican Senate challenger	Mar 4, 2014
  Scott Garrett	s1o	New Jersey Republican	Jan 28, 2014
  Chris Gibson	s1o	New York Republican (retiring 2016)	Oct 29, 2013
  Louie Gohmert	s1o	Texas Republican	Oct 29, 2013
  Bob Goodlatte	s1o	Virginia Republican	May 9, 2014
  Paul Gosar	s1o	Arizona Republican	May 7, 2014
  Trey Gowdy	s1o	South Carolina Republican	Oct 29, 2013
  Tom Graves	s1o	Georgia Republican	Oct 29, 2013
  Brett Guthrie	s1o	Kentucky Republican	Feb 11, 2014
  Tim Huelskamp	s1o	Kansas Republican	Oct 29, 2013
  Duncan Hunter	s1o	California Republican (Retiring 2008)	Oct 29, 2013
  Walter Beaman Jones	s1o	North Carolina Republican	Oct 29, 2013
  Jim Jordan	s1o	Ohio Republican	Dec 16, 2013
  Jack Kingston	s1o	GA Republican Challenger	Nov 21, 2013
  Raul Labrador	s1o	Idaho Republican	Oct 29, 2013
  Doug LaMalfa	s1o	California Republican	Nov 20, 2013
  Leonard Lance	s1o	New Jersey Republican	May 7, 2014
  Billy Long	s1o	Missouri Republican	Oct 29, 2013
  Blaine Luetkemeyer	s1o	Missouri Republican	Nov 21, 2013
  Kenny Marchant	s1o	Texas Republican	Mar 4, 2014
  Thomas Massie	s1o	Kentucky Republican	Oct 29, 2013
  Tom McClintock	s1o	CA03 Former Republican Challenger (2003)	Oct 30, 2013
  Luke Messer	s1o	Indiana Republican	Dec 16, 2013
  John Mica	s1o	Florida Republican	Oct 29, 2013
  Markwayne Mullin	s1o	Oklahoma Republican	Oct 29, 2013
  Mick Mulvaney	s1o	South Carolina Republican	Oct 29, 2013
  Kristi Noem	s1o	South Dakota Republican	Nov 21, 2013
  Rich Nugent	s1o	Florida Republican	Nov 20, 2013
  Steve Pearce	s1o	New Mexico Republican	Oct 29, 2013
  Scott Perry	s1o	Pennsylvania Republican	Nov 13, 2013
  Tom Petri	s1o	Wisconsin Republican	Oct 29, 2013
  Ted Poe	s1o	Texas Republican	Oct 29, 2013
  Reid Ribble	s1o	Wisconsin Republican	Nov 13, 2013
  Phil Roe	s1o	Tennessee Republican	Oct 29, 2013
  Dana Rohrabacher	s1o	California Republican	Oct 29, 2013
  Todd Rokita	s1o	Indiana Republican	Oct 29, 2013
  Matt Salmon	s1o	Arizona Republican	Dec 3, 2013
  Mark Sanford	s1o	SC Former Republican Governor (2002-2010)	Oct 29, 2013
  David Schweikert	s1o	Arizona Republican	Oct 29, 2013
  Austin Scott	s1o	Georgia Republican	Jan 10, 2014
  James Sensenbrenner	s2p	Wisconsin Republican	Oct 29, 2013
  Christopher Smith	s1o	New Jersey Republican	Oct 30, 2013
  Jason Smith	s1o	Missouri Republican	Oct 29, 2013
  Chris Stewart	s1o	Utah Republican	Oct 29, 2013
  Steve Stockman	s1o	Texas Republican (Senate run 2014)	Dec 11, 2013
  Lee Terry	s1o	Nebraska Republican	Oct 29, 2013
  Glenn Thompson	s1o	Pennsylvania Republican	Oct 29, 2013
  Randy Weber	s1o	Texas Republican	Jan 7, 2014
  Joe Wilson	s1o	South Carolina Republican	Apr 10, 2014
  Rob Wittman	s1o	VA Republican 2017 Gubernatorial candidate	May 15, 2014
  Kevin Yoder	s1o	Kansas Republican	Oct 29, 2013
  Ted Yoho	s1o	Florida Republican	Oct 29, 2013
  Don Young	s1o	Alaska Republican	Oct 29, 2013

  
  
  

  Independents participating in 14-H3361
  Tim Griffin	s1o	AR GOP Lt.Gov Challenger	Oct 29, 2013
  Darrell Issa	s1o	CA03 Former Initiator of Gubernatorial Recall (2003)	Oct 29, 2013

  
  
  

  Total recorded by OnTheIssues:

  Democrats: 80 Republicans: 70 Independents: 2