By Oscar Y. Harward
It is difficult to understand so many in the U.S. House who voted “NO” on extending the “Patriot Act”. The “Patriot Act”: http://www.fincen.gov/statutes_regs/patriot/ was initiated to eavesdrop on specific communications to ascertain critical intelligence to prevent terrorism in America, and protecting Americans.
Passage of the “Patriot Act” extension required a two-third “YES” vote. The total vote was 277-Yes, 148-No, and 9-NoVotes.
Republicans voted 210-Yes to 26-No. Democrats voted 67-Yes to 122-NO. There are no Independents in the House http://clerk.house.gov/cgi-bin/vote.asp?year=2011&rollnumber=26.
This vote in the U.S. House is America’s loss in support of terrorism while protecting our Constitutional freedoms for American citizens.
While it is understandable for 122 Capitol Hill Democrats would vote “NO” with Rep. Nancy Pelosi and many additional anti-American voting Democrats, it is difficult to understand why 26 Republicans would vote with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, Elijah Cummings, Barney Frank (MA), Dennis Kucinich, Maxine Waters, and Henry Waxman. These same 26 Republicans voted “NO” and against Speaker of the House John Boehner, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, Michele Bachmann, Marsha Blackburn, Sue Myrick, Mike Pence, and others.
It is mysterious as to who led 26 Republicans to vote in support of terrorism and to vote anti-American. Perhaps, a few of the new members were erroneously misled and/or failed to understand the significance of their votes. Each may try to explain and substantiate their vote but the fact is that they may have voted in support of terrorism and may have voted anti-American.
Below is a list of “all” U.S. House members who voted “NO” on extension of the Patriot Act. Republicans who voted as anti-American are CAPITOLIZED.
AMASH
Andrews
Baldwin
BARTLETT
Bass (CA)
Becerra
Berman
BISHOP (UT)
Blumenauer
Brady (PA)
Braley (IA)
BROUN (GA)
Brown (FL)
CAMPBELL
Capps
Capuano
Carson (IN)
Chu
Cicilline
Clarke (MI)
Clarke (NY)
Clay
Cleaver
Clyburn
Cohen
Conyers
Costello
Crowley
Cummings
Davis (IL)
DeFazio
DeGette
DeLauro
Deutch
Dingell
Doggett
Doyle
DUNCAN (TN)
Edwards
Ellison
Engel
Eshoo
Farr
Fattah
Filner
FITZPATRICK
Frank (MA)
Fudge
Garamendi
GIBSON
Gonzalez
GRAVES (GA)
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Grijalva
Hanabusa
HELLER
Himes
Hinchey
Hirono
Holt
Honda
HULTGREN
Jackson (IL)
Jackson Lee (TX)
Johnson (GA)
JOHNSON (IL)
Johnson, E. B.
JONES
Kaptur
Kildee
KINGSTON
Kucinich
LABRADOR
Larson (CT)
Lee (CA)
Lewis (GA)
Loebsack
Lofgren, Zoe
Luján
MACK
Maloney
MARCHANT
Markey
Matsui
McCLINTOCK
McCollum
McDermott
McGovern
Meeks
Michaud
Miller, George
Moore
Moran
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Olver
Owens
Pallone Pastor (AZ)
PAUL
Payne
Pelosi
Pingree (ME)
Polis
Price (NC)
Rangel
REHBERG
Richardson
Richmond
ROE (TN)
ROHRABACHER
Roybal-Allard
Rush
Ryan (OH)
Sánchez, Linda T.
Sanchez, Loretta
Sarbanes
Schakowsky
SCHILLING
Schrader
SCHWEIKERT
Scott (VA)
Serrano
Sherman
Slaughter
Stark
Sutton
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Tierney
Tonko
Towns
Velázquez
Visclosky
Walz (MN)
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Watt
Waxman
Weiner
Welch
Wilson (FL)
WOODALL
Woolsey
Wu
YOUNG (AK)
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