Tom Allen and FISA
Unfortunately 105 Democrats voted for the proposition that the administration may cause persons to conduct illegal acts, persons in the present moment being Verizon (and others) operating gigataps at MAE West in San Jose, MAE East in New York, and WDC, Miami, Dallas, Chicago, Los Angeles (and elsewhere) with black backhaul to ... somewhere, effecting wiretap, and those persons are indemnified from the civil and criminal consequences for their overtly unlawful acts because ... now they are lawful.
Tom Allen and Michael Michaud voted "Ney".
The roll call vote is here. The votes of the Democratic Leadership is as follows:
Hon. Nancy Pelosi (CA-08), Speaker of the House yea
Hon. Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05), Majority Leader yea
Hon. James E. Clyburn (SC-06), Majority Whip yea
Hon. Rahm Emanuel (IL-05), Democratic Caucus Chairman yea
Hon. John B Larson (CT-01), Democratic Caucus Vice Chair ney
Hon. Xavier Becerra (CA-31), Assistant to the Speaker ney
Hon. Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Democratic Steering Committee Co-Chair ney
Hon. George Miller (CA-07), Democratic Steering Committee Co-Chair ney
Hon. John Lewis (GA-05), Senior Chief Deputy Whip ney
Hon. G.K. Butterfield (NC-01), Chief Deputy Whip yea
Hon. Joe Crowley (NY-07) , Chief Deputy Whip yea
Hon. Diana DeGette (CO-01), Chief Deputy Whip ney
Hon. Ed Pastor (AZ-04), Chief Deputy Whip ney
Hon. Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), Chief Deputy Whip ney
Hon. John Tanner (TN-08), Chief Deputy Whip yea
Hon. Debbie Wassserman Schultz (FL-20), Chief Deputy Whip ney
Hon. Maxine Waters (CA-35), Chief Deputy Whip ney
My neighbor at the GNSO meeting (where WHOIS (aka privacy) is being debated) leaned over to comment "and we still don't have the text of the FISA bill" ... which seems unsurprising.
