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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSenate blocks NSA reform by two votes
Republicans who voted for the bill:
Ted Cruz
Dean Heller
Mike Lee
Lisa Murkowski
These two votes could have helped the bill advance:
Bill Nelson
Rand Paul
USA Freedom Act roll call vote.
EFF Statement on the Senate Failing to Advance the USA Freedom Act
We are disappointed that the Senate has failed to advance the USA Freedom Act, a good start for bipartisan surveillance reform that should have passed the Senate.
The Senate still has the remainder of the current legislative session to pass the USA Freedom Act. We continue to urge the Senate to do so and only support amendments that will make it stronger. We strongly oppose any amendment that would water down the strong privacy, special advocate, and transparency provisions of the bill.
We also urge the Senate to remember that the USA Freedom Act is a first step in comprehensive surveillance reform. Future reform must include significant changes to Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Amendments Act, to the operations of Executive Order 12333, and to the broken classification system that the executive branch counts on to hide unconstitutional surveillance from the public.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/11/eff-statement-senate-advancing-usa-freedom-act
We are disappointed that the Senate has failed to advance the USA Freedom Act, a good start for bipartisan surveillance reform that should have passed the Senate.
The Senate still has the remainder of the current legislative session to pass the USA Freedom Act. We continue to urge the Senate to do so and only support amendments that will make it stronger. We strongly oppose any amendment that would water down the strong privacy, special advocate, and transparency provisions of the bill.
We also urge the Senate to remember that the USA Freedom Act is a first step in comprehensive surveillance reform. Future reform must include significant changes to Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Amendments Act, to the operations of Executive Order 12333, and to the broken classification system that the executive branch counts on to hide unconstitutional surveillance from the public.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/11/eff-statement-senate-advancing-usa-freedom-act
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Senate blocks NSA reform by two votes (Original Post)
ProSense
Nov 2014
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LondonReign2
(5,213 posts)1. Wasn't one of Paul's big things being against NSA spying?
Why did he vote against?
ProSense
(116,464 posts)2. He said it didn't go far enough.
That's what he said.
LondonReign2
(5,213 posts)3. Ughhh
Thanks for the information.