HOUSE VOTES TO LIMIT PATRIOT ACT

[Bluebear]

WASHINGTON - The House voted Wednesday to block the FBI and the
Justice Department from using the Patriot Act to search library and book store records.

Despite a veto threat from President Bush,


lawmakers voted 238-187 to block the part of the anti-terrorism law that allows the government to investigate the reading habits of terror suspects.

The vote reversed a narrow loss last year by lawmakers complaining about threats to privacy rights. They narrowed the proposal this year to permit the government to continue to seek out records of Internet use at libraries.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050615/ap_on_go_co/patriot_act_libraries

[Straight Shooter]

1. Woohoo! And another one bites the dust!

:woohoo:

Before I get too excited, I'm curious to see the list of the 187 Gestapos-in-training.

[gratuitous]

2. Bush hasn't vetoed anything yet

Will this be his first? "Bush vetoes bill; wants to know who keeps checking out 'My Pet Goat'"

[LightningFlash]

3. Finally we do something right!!!

Now shut down that ridiculous embarssment to everyone, Guantanamo bay. And appoint special prosecutors. :crazy: :crazy: :nuke:

[dogday]

4. It is about Time America that you got it right and this is a good

first step in the right direction. Do not give up our rights!

[gmoney]

5. Yay! I can FINALLY check out "My Pet Goat"

...without fear of ending up on the watch list...

[NYPagan]

6. Which leaves them more time...

To torture innocent middle easterners.

Seems like a lose-lose, all the way around.

[Coexist]

7. YES!!!

What great news.

[proud patriot]

8. Thank goodness

:-)

[shance]

9. It's a SMALL step. The Patriot Act is an illegal piece of legislation.

The only true victory for it's abusive, corrupt presence to be dissolved from any part of our governing bodies.

It is a pox on our country and a shameful chapter that needs to be overturned.

[Bluebear]

10. True. But Bush is losing his spell on them.

This is the House's second act of defiance, after their stem cell vote. Small steps but important.

[FreedomAngel82]

16. I agree

I think this is just the beginning and a VERY good sign! Does this go to the Senate now or what??

[taught_me_patience]

11. It seems the tide is TURNING

first stem cell research and now this...

[LSK]

12. this was the only thing SasserAsshole allowed from Friday

Anyone else notice this?? If the hearing would have gone on, maybe other issues would have come to light...

[LightningFlash]

21. Senseless is a stooge...

He's Dick Cheney's stooge now apparently....He was once a moderate. (I still believe deep down he wants to do the right thing, just afraid to do so)

[yankeedem]

13. Is this the Sanders amendment?

I think so, the vote count matches up

http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2005/roll258.xml

Only Rep. Boren strayed from the reservation, the other "186" nays were pukes. I hope Dr. Dean is drawing up the campaign commercials now.

[FreedomAngel82]

14. Some good news!!!

Thank you! I always thought it was so ridiculous that they were searching library books. :crazy: Invasion of privacy for sure!

[Jack Rabbit]

15. That was one of the most odious parts of the act

Good riddance to it.

Down with tyranny!!

[wuushew]

17. MSNBC online poll on this right now

80% in favor of limiting the Patriot Act in regard.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8234490/

[Tesla]

18. Maybe just maybe....

the kool-aid wasn't "mixed" right!!!!

[SlipperySlope]

19. Be careful and Bush's useless Veto

Be careful celebrating before we know what they've added to the act. Maybe what they slipped in is more odious than what they took out.

Regarding Bushes veto, he's screwed. These parts of the act expire if a new law isn't passed. If he vetos the bill, it expires. what can he do?

[Pirate Smile]

20. Quack, Quack, Quack

[Tigress DEM]

22. Yeah, but there were other nasty pieces in that act....

the whole thing should have been flushed.

It talks about limiting the abuses of our civil liberties, but it is still planning to abuse our civil liberties.

Still, I guess it's a step in the right direction.