The Irregular Times provides a tally of "Yes" votes, "No" votes, and abstentions on the renewal of the draconian PATRIOT Act, which I've pasted below the jump. Each name is linked to the site's measure of how "progressive" each congressman is (hey, at least they're using the right term from a political science perspective). That measure in itself isn't so useful, but these pages do provide some interesting data, like what five congressmen vote most like the one whose page you're viewing, as well as contact information, etc.
Why was it necessary to provide this tally? Simply because the vote for the renewal of this ridiculous legislation was cleverly disguised as a vote to approve Senate ammendments to the Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act, and one of those ammendments was -- you guessed it -- the PATRIOT Act.
And why did the Congress choose to vote this way? Because the congressmen who voted "Yes" preferred secrecy "rather than having it on the record for everyone to see that they voted to renew the worst abuses of the Patriot Act without any effort to protect Americans from their spying powers at all."
I'd encourage you to take a look at the list, locate your own representative, and perhaps let them know just what you think of the so-called PATRIOT Act.
Let’s start with those members of the House of Representatives who got it right:
Representatives With The Courage To Vote NO
Neil Abercrombie – Tammy Baldwin – Roscoe Bartlett – Xavier Becerra – Howard Berman – Rob Bishop – Earl Blumenauer – John Boccieri – Bruce Braley – Mike Capuano – Jason Chaffetz – Judy Chu – Yvette Clarke – Emanuel Cleaver – Cohen – Jerry Costello – Joe Crowley – Elijah Cummings – Pete DeFazio – John Dingell – Lloyd Doggett – John Duncan – Donna Edwards – Vern Ehlers – Ellison – Eliot Engel – Sam Farr – Bob Filner – Barney Frank – Marcia Fudge – Al Green – Raul Grijalva – Phil Hare – Jane Harman – Alcee Hastings – Dean Heller – Maurice Hinchey – Mazie Hirono – Rush Holt – Mike Honda – Hank Johnson – Tim Johnson – Walter Jones – Steve Kagen – Dennis Kucinich – John Larson – Barbara Lee – John Lewis – Dave Loebsack – Ben Luján – Dan Maffei – Carolyn Maloney – Ed Markey – Doris Matsui – Betsy McCollum – McDermott – James McGovern – Gregory Meeks – Michael Michaud – George Miller – Walt Minnick – Gwen Moore – Jerrold Nadler – Richard Neal – Jim Oberstar – John Olver – Frank Pallone – Ed Pastor – Ron Paul – Don Payne – Tom Perriello – Chellie Pingree – Jared Polis – David Price – Laura Richardson – Tim Ryan – Linda Sánchez – Loretta Sanchez – John Sarbanes – Jan Schakowsky – Robert Scott – Jose Serrano – Carol Shea-Porter – Brad Sherman – Jackie Speier – Mike Thompson – John Tierney – Ed Towns – Nydia Velázquez – Peter Visclosky – Maxine Waters – Mel Watt – Henry Waxman – Peter Welch – Lynn Woolsey – David Wu – Don Young
Now, those who stood by and did nothing, though they didn’t do the wrong thing either.
Not Voting:
Gresham Barrett – Tim Bishop – Rick Boucher – Lois Capps – Nathan Deal – Charles Dent – Mary Fallin – Phil Gingrey – Ralph Hall – Connie Mack – Sue Myrick – Joseph Pitts – Tom Price – George Radanovich – Dave Reichert – Pete Stark – Bart Stupak – John Sullivan – Lynn Westmoreland – Joe Wilson
And finally, the pure scoundrels of the day, the U.S. Representatives who voted to extend the worst parts of the Patriot Act, aspects of the law known to be routinely abused, targeting American citizens, without any reforms whatsoever.
Representatives voting AYE to more spying without reform
Gary Ackerman – Aderholt – John Adler – Todd Akin – Rodney Alexander – Jason Altmire – Rob Andrews – Mike Arcuri – Steve Austria – Joe Baca – Michele Bachmann – Spencer Bachus – Brian Baird – John Barrow – Joe Barton – Melissa Bean – Shelly Berkley – Marion Berry – Judy Biggert – Brian Bilbray – Gus Bilirakis – Sanford Bishop – Marsha Blackburn – Roy Blunt – John Boehner – Jo Bonner – Mary Bono Mack – John Boozman – Dan Boren – Leon Boswell – Charles Boustany – Allen Boyd – Bob Brady – Kevin Brady – Bobby Bright – Paul Broun – Henry Brown – Corrine Brown – Ginny Brown-Waite – Vern Buchanan – Mike Burgess – Dan Burton – G. K. Butterfield – Steve Buyer – Ken Calvert – Dave Camp – John Campbell – Eric Cantor – Joseph Cao – Shelly Capito – Dennis Cardoza – Russ Carnahan – Chris Carney – Andre Carson – John Carter – Bill Cassidy – Mike Castle – Kathy Castor – Ben Chandler – Travis Childers – William Lacy Clay – Jim Clyburn – Howard Coble – Mike Coffman – Tom Cole – Mike Conaway – Gerry Connolly – John Conyers – Jim Cooper – Jim Costa – Joe Courtney – Ander Crenshaw – Henry Cuellar – John Culberson – Kathleen Dahlkemper – Artur Davis – Susan Davis – Danny Davis – Geoff Davis – Lincoln Davis – Diana DeGette – William Delahunt – Rosa DeLauro – Lincoln Diaz-Balart – Mario Diaz-Balart – Norm Dicks – Joe Donnelly, Mike Doyle – David Dreier – Steve Driehaus – Chet Edwards – Brad Ellsworth – Jo Ann Emerson – Anna Eshoo – Bob Etheridge – Chaka Fattah – Jeff Flake – John Fleming – Randy Forbes – Jeff Fortenberry – Bill Foster – Virginia Foxx – Trent Franks – Rodney Frelinghuysen – Elton Gallegly – John Garamendi – Scott Garrett – Jim Gerlach – Gabrielle Giffords – Louie Gohmert – Charles Gonzalez – Bob Goodlatte – Bart Gordon – Kay Granger – Sam Graves – Alan Grayson – Gene Green – Parker Griffith – Brett Guthrie – Luis Gutierrez – John Hall – Deborah Halvorson – Greg Harper – Doc Hastings – Martin Heinrich – Jeb Hensarling – Wally Herger – Stephanie Herseth Sandlin – Brian Higgins – Baron Hill – James Himes – Ruben Hinojosa – Paul Hodes – Peter Hoekstra – Tim Holden – Steny Hoyer – Duncan Hunter – Bob Inglis – Jay Inslee – Steve Israel – Darrel Issa – Jesse Jackson – Sheila Jackson Lee – Lynn Jenkins – Eddie Bernice Johnson – Sam Johnson – Jim Jordan, Paul Kanjorski – Marcy Kaptur – Patrick Kennedy – Dale Kildee – Carolyn Kilpatrick – Mary Jo Kilroy – Ron Kind – Steve King – Peter King – Jack Kingston – Mark Kirk – Ann Kirkpatrick – Larry Kissell – Ron Klein – John Kline – Suzanne Kosmas – Frank Kratovil – Doug Lamborn – Leonard Lance – James Langevin – Rick Larsen – Tom Latham – Steven LaTourette – Bob Latta – Chris Lee – Sander Levin – Jerry Lewis – John Linder – Dan Lipinski – Frank LoBiondo – Zoe Lofgren – Nita Lowey – Frank Lucas – Blaine Luetkemeyer – Cynthia Lummis – Dan Lungren – Stephen Lynch – Don Manzullo – Kenny Marchant – Betsy Markey – Jim Marshall – Eric Massa – Jim Matheson – Kevin McCarthy – Carolyn McCarthy – Mike McCaul – Tom McClintock – Thad McCotter – Patrick McHenry – Mike McIntyre – Buck McKeon – Mike McMahon – Cathy McMorris Rodgers – Jerry McNerney – Kendrick Meek – Charles Melancon – John Mica – Jeff Miller – Candice Miller – Brad Miller – Gary Miller – Harry Mitchell – Alan Mollohan – Dennis Moore – Jerry Moran – James Moran – Chris Murphy – Scott Murphy – Patrick Murphy – Tim Murphy – Grace Napolitano – Randy Neugebauer – Devin Nunes – Glenn Nye – Dave Obey – Peter Olson – Solomon Ortiz – Bill Owens – Bill Pascrell – Erik Paulsen – Mike Pence – Ed Perlmutter – Gary Peters – Collin Peterson – Tom Petri – Todd Platts – Ted Poe – Earl Pomeroy – Bill Posey – Adam Putnam – Mike Quigley – Nick Rahall – Charles Rangel – Denny Rehberg – Silvestre Reyes – Ciro Rodriguez – David Roe – Mike Rogers – Harold Rogers – Mike Rogers – Dana Rohrabacher – Tom Rooney – Ileana Ros-Lehtinen – Peter Roskam – Mike Ross – Steve Rothman – Lucille Roybal-Allard – Ed Royce – Dutch Ruppersberger – Bobby Rush – Paul Ryan – John Salazar – Steve Scalise – Mark Schauer – Adam Schiff – Jean Schmidt – Aaron Schock – Kurt Schrader – Allyson Schwartz – David Scott – James Sensenbrenner – Pete Sessions – Joe Sestak – John Shadegg – John Shimkus – Heath Shuler – Bill Shuster – Mike Simpson – Albio Sires – Ike Skelton – Louise Slaughter – Adrian Smith – Christopher Smith – Lamar Smith – Adam Smith – Vic Snyder – Souder – Zack Space – John Spratt – Cliff Stearns – Betty Sutton – John Tanner – Gene Taylor – Harry Teague – Lee Terry – Bennie Thompson – Glenn Thompson – Mac Thornberry – Todd Tiahrt – Patrick Tiberi – Dina Titus – Paul Tonko – Niki Tsongas – Michael Turner – Fred Upton – Chris Van Hollen – Greg Walden – Tim Walz – Zach Wamp – Debbie Wasserman Schultz – Diane Watson – Anthony Weiner – Ed Whitfield – Charles Wilson – Rob Wittman – Frank Wolf – John Yarmuth – Bill Young
This is a great resource!!! Sad that only 2 out of 9 TN Reps voted no. This is great ammo for the 2010/12 elections. Thanks Bonnie!
Hard to blame those who didn't vote.
I mean how many constituents are actually going to read the bill before condemning you for being against "Medicare Physician Payment Reform"?
The website is interesting, but very ideologically-minded--the writer claims to be an "independent" analyst, but wholly ascribes to some version of "progressivism" that cares mostly about non-whites, non-car-users, redistribution, social justice, etc. He gives his own interpretation of each bill--his site, his rules--but the implications of each bill are far broader than some of his justifications or rationalizations are willing or able to explore.
Other than simply getting carried away with the tide of hysteria, without any substance, can you tell us what exactly are "the worst abuses of the Patriot Act?"
A sure sign that a group or movement is dishonestly engaged in demagoguery is their refusal to be specific.
I have heard endless amounts of chest-thumping, wailing, and hysteria, using the phrase "Patriot Act" as being the same as "THE BOOGEY MAN."
Leftists and Libertarians scare each other over camp fires by shouting "Patriot Act!" instead of "Boo!"
But nothing I have heard that is actually IN the USA Patriot Act is in any way objectionable.
Lots of foolishness that is thrown around BUT NOT actually IN the USA Patriot Act would concern me.... but ain't IN the USA Patriot Act.
I also know of things that were already under previous law, that the USA Patriot Act REIGNED IN (limited, smaller than what had been before).
But with all the hysteria and rolling in anguish on the floor, n one can tell us exactly what is supposedly wrong with the USA Patriot Act.
OH, SORRY, I FORGOT!
The point is simply to hate George Bush.
THAT'S RIGHT! I totally forgot about that
First, this will now be a law signed by President Obama. Dislike for it has nothing to do with which president signed it; it's unconstitutional and grossly abusive of privacy regardless.
Second, take a look at these articles for reasons why the PATRIOT Act is problematic:
"How Congress Has Assaulted Our Freedoms in the Patriot Act"
"Reconsidering the Patriot Act"
"Domestic Surveillance and the Patriot Act"
"FISA and the Patriot Act Are the Abuse"
"The PATRIOT Act's Assault on the Bill of Rights"
"True Patriots Should Worry More about Freedom at Home"
Some of these articles are older and focus their criticism on the Bush Administration for passing the law, but I can guarentee you that they -- or at least we at YAL -- would be just as upset if it were originally passed by Obama or any othe president.
I just wanted to say "thank you." You voiced my opinion almost to the letter.
Michele Bachmann and Jeff Flake voted for it.
http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/news.aspx?id=18689
A mere one thousand violations. And that was only from '07.
I am not arguing with you about this, but about this:
“Medicare, Medicaid, insurance industry bureaucracies, and an army of voracious lawyers put an end to affordable USA health care forever. End of story.”
Are you not able to distinguish between a program that pays its own way (Social Security and Medicare) and a program (the pentagon, etc.) that steals from other programs to pay for its unlimited appetite?
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I think this kind of stuff needs to be layed out on to the table for all to see.
I am not sure what to think about this act. There is good things and bad things about it. Lets just get a long with this.
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