Politics

House votes to continue funding NSA's spying on Americans. Here's the roll call. Turner voted against defunding.

The battle over the Amash Amendment exposes the real political divide in America.

"In the aftermath of the Amash Rebellion, there are two new parties in Congress: the authoritarians and the Americans. The vote on Rep. Justin Amash’s LIBERT-E Act, which would have gutted the National Security Agency’s phone records dragnet, drew a clear line of demarcation that will only widen in the coming months as civil libertarians continue their push to roll back the Surveillance State. "

I wouldn't get too excited. I'm sure many of those who voted for the amendment did so out of political expediency knowing the amendment would be defeated. They would switch their vote to continue the funding if necessary. The good news is the American people have the power to threaten their jobs if they don't defund the NSA dragnet.

""During the debate few lawmakers stood to defend NSA’s surveillance programs, while speaker after speaker rose to denounce them.""

Hope.

More on the NSA's secret meeting to kill the amendment.

White House statement urging defeat of amendment.

53 percent of Americans want to repeal Obamacare while only 40 percent want to keep it.

Obama DHS nominee investigated for using influence to aid Hillary Clinton's brother. This is what politics is all about. Everybody does it.