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IMPERIAL EXEC COWED SENATE = LAWLESSNESS
Bill of Rights of the United States Constitution (ratified effective December 15, 1791)
Amendment IV: "The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized."
Senate action Wednesday July 9, 2008: “A bill to amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act [FISA] of 1978 to establish a procedure for authorizing certain acquisitions of foreign intelligence and for other purposes” http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=110&session=2&vote=00168#top
YEAS FAILING TO UPHOLD THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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Alabama: |
Sessions (R-AL), Not Voting |
Shelby (R-AL), Yea |
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Alaska: |
Murkowski (R-AK), Yea |
Stevens (R-AK), Yea |
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Arizona: |
Kyl (R-AZ), Yea |
McCain (R-AZ), Not Voting |
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Arkansas: |
Lincoln (D-AR), Yea |
Pryor (D-AR), Yea |
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California: |
Boxer (D-CA), Nay |
Feinstein (D-CA), Yea |
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Colorado: |
Allard (R-CO), Yea |
Salazar (D-CO), Yea |
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Connecticut: |
Dodd (D-CT), Nay |
Lieberman (ID-CT), Yea |
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Delaware: |
Biden (D-DE), Nay |
Carper (D-DE), Yea |
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Florida: |
Martinez (R-FL), Yea |
Nelson (D-FL), Yea |
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Georgia: |
Chambliss (R-GA), Yea |
Isakson (R-GA), Yea |
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Hawaii: |
Akaka (D-HI), Nay |
Inouye (D-HI), Yea |
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Idaho: |
Craig (R-ID), Yea |
Crapo (R-ID), Yea |
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Illinois: |
Durbin (D-IL), Nay |
Obama (D-IL), Yea |
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Indiana: |
Bayh (D-IN), Yea |
Lugar (R-IN), Yea |
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Iowa: |
Grassley (R-IA), Yea |
Harkin (D-IA), Nay |
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Kansas: |
Brownback (R-KS), Yea |
Roberts (R-KS), Yea |
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Kentucky: |
Bunning (R-KY), Yea |
McConnell (R-KY), Yea |
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Louisiana: |
Landrieu (D-LA), Yea |
Vitter (R-LA), Yea |
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Maine: |
Collins (R-ME), Yea |
Snowe (R-ME), Yea |
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Maryland: |
Cardin (D-MD), Nay |
Mikulski (D-MD), Yea |
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Massachusetts: |
Kennedy (D-MA), Not Voting |
Kerry (D-MA), Nay |
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Michigan: |
Levin (D-MI), Nay |
Stabenow (D-MI), Nay |
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Minnesota: |
Coleman (R-MN), Yea |
Klobuchar (D-MN), Nay |
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Mississippi: |
Cochran (R-MS), Yea |
Wicker (R-MS), Yea |
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Missouri: |
Bond (R-MO), Yea |
McCaskill (D-MO), Yea |
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Montana: |
Baucus (D-MT), Yea |
Tester (D-MT), Nay |
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Nebraska: |
Hagel (R-NE), Yea |
Nelson (D-NE), Yea |
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Nevada: |
Ensign (R-NV), Yea |
Reid (D-NV), Nay |
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New Hampshire: |
Gregg (R-NH), Yea |
Sununu (R-NH), Yea |
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New Jersey: |
Lautenberg (D-NJ), Nay |
Menendez (D-NJ), Nay |
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New Mexico: |
Bingaman (D-NM), Nay |
Domenici (R-NM), Yea |
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New York: |
Clinton (D-NY), Nay |
Schumer (D-NY), Nay |
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North Carolina: |
Burr (R-NC), Yea |
Dole (R-NC), Yea |
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North Dakota: |
Conrad (D-ND), Yea |
Dorgan (D-ND), Nay |
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Ohio: |
Brown (D-OH), Nay |
Voinovich (R-OH), Yea |
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Oklahoma: |
Coburn (R-OK), Yea |
Inhofe (R-OK), Yea |
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Oregon: |
Smith (R-OR), Yea |
Wyden (D-OR), Nay |
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Pennsylvania: |
Casey (D-PA), Yea |
Specter (R-PA), Yea |
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Rhode Island: |
Reed (D-RI), Nay |
Whitehouse (D-RI), Yea |
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South Carolina: |
DeMint (R-SC), Yea |
Graham (R-SC), Yea |
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South Dakota: |
Johnson (D-SD), Yea |
Thune (R-SD), Yea |
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Tennessee: |
Alexander (R-TN), Yea |
Corker (R-TN), Yea |
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Texas: |
Cornyn (R-TX), Yea |
Hutchison (R-TX), Yea |
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Utah: |
Bennett (R-UT), Yea |
Hatch (R-UT), Yea |
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Vermont: |
Leahy (D-VT), Nay |
Sanders (I-VT), Nay |
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Virginia: |
Warner (R-VA), Yea |
Webb (D-VA), Yea |
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Washington: |
Cantwell (D-WA), Nay |
Murray (D-WA), Nay |
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West Virginia: |
Byrd (D-WV), Nay |
Rockefeller (D-WV), Yea |
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Wisconsin: |
Feingold (D-WI), Nay |
Kohl (D-WI), Yea |
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Wyoming: |
Barrasso (R-WY), Yea |
Enzi (R-WY), Yea |
Quote-unquote
“The question is where the impetus for change will come from, because poor people are virtually invisible to the U.S. Senate. ... [Senators] are disproportionately wealthy and represent, economically, only a narrow slice of the population. This, combined with the fact that the constituents that they see as most relevant, those in the best position to affect their tenures in office, are also disproportionately wealthy, leads to a serious imbalance of power. Too few people have too much wealth, power, and access, and too many people have too little.” - The Conscience of a Liberal: Reclaiming the compassionate agenda - Senator Paul Wellstone (b. 1944 - d. 2002).
Tags: Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act [FISA], U.S. constitutional breach, U.S. Senate cowed and compromised, imperial presidency, U.S. Senate votes
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