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coloradodem2005 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-22-05 03:10 PM
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Colorado Congressional reps. Party line on Patriot Act.
The House and Senate passed different measures on the Patriot Act yesterday. From The Washington Post:



Within hours of a second attack on the London transit system, lawmakers in the House and Senate pushed ahead yesterday with starkly different bills to extend the controversial USA Patriot Act anti-terrorism law.



Votes by the House and a Senate committee set the stage for sharp debate on Capitol Hill over how far Congress should go in limiting the powers given the government by the law, which was passed six weeks after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks but has since come under fire from civil liberties advocates and some elected officials.



After a day-long debate, the House voted 257 to 171 last night to extend or make permanent the most controversial provisions of the law while adding a handful of new restrictions on the FBI. Forty-three Democrats joined 214 Republicans in approving the Patriot renewal bill. Other proposals for sharper limits were rejected.

How did Colorado's Congressional members vote? Party-line.



YES

Bob Beauprez (R-7)
Joel Hefley (R-5)
Marilyn Musgrave (R-4)
Tom Tancredo (R-6)



NO

Diana DeGette (D-1)
John Salazar (D-3)
Mark Udall (D-2)
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http://coloradopols.com/archives/2005/07/colorado_reps_g.html#more


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