Congress Voting On Amendment to Defund NSA Domestic Spying Tomorrow

New submitter Jah-Wren Ryel writes "It's been just over a month since the NSA's dragnet surveillance program was leaked to the public. Tomorrow, Congress is voting on an amendment that would block funding for NSA programs that collect the call records of innocent Americans. A win tomorrow may start a chain reaction — but it won't happen unless we speak up. We have one day to convince Congress to act." The EFF is urging U.S. citizens to call their representatives, noting that there is no time for email to be effective (find your representative). You can read the amendment on the EFF site, quoting the EFF: "Reps. Justin Amash, John Conyers, Jr., Thomas Massie, Mick Mulvaney, and Jared Polis are proposing an amendment that would curtail funding for the implementation of orders under Section 215 of the PATRIOT Act unless the order is explicitly limited in scope. ... Even as the Amash/Conyers Amendment is gaining momentum, some are rallying around a decoy amendment that would do nothing to rein in domestic surveillance. That amendment, championed by Rep. Nugent, would not alter in any way the government's use of Section 215 to obtain bulk communications records on millions of Americans. EFF is urging Representatives to oppose the Nugent Amendment."

Comments

Re:Not an amendment -

[OverlordQ]

> The OP could be much clearer.

Or you could be smart enough to realize that the word amendment isn't defined as "Modifies the US Constitution"

Easier way to find your representative's info.

[digismack]

http://www.defundthensa.com/

Site created by the newly initiated http://taskforce.is/

Three Cheers for Amash

[bill_mcgonigle]

Justin Amash is just the kind of Representative that could really make this system work, if there were 430 more like him. He posts all of his votes online and explains his rationale, which is almost always concerned foremost with the legality of the proposed legislation.

For that reason, most of his amendments fail and he's usually on the losing side of popular votes. I'll be delighted if his amendment succeeds and is not subsequently removed in conference or by another amendment, but if I were a betting man, I would not bet on his effort tomorrow having any actual impact on the funding.

Re:Representive Nugent?

[h4rr4r]

Or maybe because he crapped his pants to get out of going to war.

Real patriot there.

Re:I would, but...

[postbigbang]

Most orgs that have 800#s have ANI. Look it up-- like caller-id but more choice.

Your cellphone put you in the conference room. You can be tracked easily to very confined geometry.

So it was you. You don't even have to confess, we hacked the VoIP PBX long ago.