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WhistlinDave
07-23-2013, 05:23 PM
There's supposed to be a vote tomorrow on this bill, HR 2397. (Vote Wednesday 7-24-13)

Please call or write to your rep and tell them to support the Amash-Conyers amendment to end unconstitutional spying by the NSA.

Here is a Popvox page where you can voice your support, for those who use Popvox:

https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/hamdt101?utm_campaign=website


And here's the standard link to find and write to your Rep:

http://www.house.gov/representatives/find/

Phone calls probably have the most impact. But an e-mail is better than nothing.

Also, here's a suggestion from the ACLU, especially note #2:

1) I am calling to ask you to vote YES on the Amash amendment when it comes up for a vote tomorrow. The privacy of my phone data is a very important issue for me, and this is our first real chance to roll back the NSA's grossly broad spying program.
2) It's important to note that the amendment currently being sponsored by Representative Richard Nugent (R-FL) DOES NOT sufficiently restrict the NSA's ability to conduct dragnet surveillance, and I do not consider it a viable alternative to the Amash amendment.

kcchiefs6465
07-23-2013, 09:01 PM
Does anyone know the exact text of the amendment?

Carlybee
07-23-2013, 09:04 PM
http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?422082-House-to-vote-on-Amash-s-NSA-Amendment-on-Wednesday-Call-Congress!

tsai3904
07-23-2013, 09:12 PM
Does anyone know the exact text of the amendment?

ETA: Nvm

That's actually the text of the establishment's amendment that reiterates the law. It won't affect the NSA.

Here's the text of Amash's amendment:


None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to execute a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court order pursuant to section 501 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1861) that does not include the following sentence: ‘‘This Order limits the collection of any tangible things (including telephone numbers dialed, telephone numbers of incoming calls, and the duration of calls) that may be authorized to be collected pursuant to this Order to those tangible things that pertain to a person who is the subject of an investigation described in section 501 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1861).’’.

Spoa
07-24-2013, 10:04 AM
At Conversation with Conservatives:

Voting YES:
Raul Labrador (R-ID 1)
Steve Pearce (R-NM 2)
Steve Southerland (R-FL 2)
Justin Amash (R-MI 3)
Steve Scalise (R-LA 1)
Tim Huelskamp (R-KS 1)
Jim Jordan (R-OH 4)
David Schweikert (R-AZ 6)

No:
Michele Bachmann (R-MN 6)