From Amash's Facebook:
Quote:On Tuesday night, House and Senate conferees reinserted language into the 2013 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) to allow the government to indefinitely detain anyone in the U.S., including American citizens, upon the mere accusation that the person supports terrorism. No charge. No trial. No explanation.
The NDAA vote is Thursday. I will be saying NO to this violation of our civil liberties and our Constitution. You can tell Congress how you feel: http://house.gov/ http://senate.gov/.
This passed 315-107. The nays of interest among the 30 GOP nays:
Rep. Justin Amash [R, MI-3] Nay
Rep. Michele Bachmann [R, MN-6] Nay
Rep. John Duncan [R, TN-2] Nay
Rep. Chris Gibson [R, NY-20] Nay
Rep. Tom Graves [R, GA-9] Nay
Rep. Tim Huelskamp [R, KS-1] Nay
Rep. Walter Jones [R, NC-3] Nay
Rep. Raúl Labrador [R, ID-1] Nay
Rep. Connie Mack [R, FL-14] Nay
Rep. Thomas Massie [R, KY-4] Nay
Rep. Tom McClintock [R, CA-4] Nay
Rep. Ronald Paul [R, TX-14] Nay
Rep. David Schweikert [R, AZ-5] Nay
Rep. Joe Walsh [R, IL-8] Nay
Quote:I voted "no" on the motion to instruct conferees on H R 4310, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013. The motion, offered by Democrats, instructs House conferees to agree to sec. 1249 of the Senate amendment, relating to a plan for promoting the safety of Afghan women during the security transition process. Generally, one side will use a motion to instruct to score political points at the other side's expense. I view them as procedural motions. It passed 399-4.
The nays on that?
Rep. Justin Amash [R, MI-3] Nay
Rep. Walter Jones [R, NC-3] Nay
Rep. Thomas Massie [R, KY-4] Nay
Rep. Ronald Paul [R, TX-14] Nay
And in the Congressional blind squirrel finds a nut category ....
Quote:I voted "yes" on the motion to suspend the rules and pass H R 4053, Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Improvement Act of 2012, which requires federal agencies to follow certain processes to reduce wasteful government spending. The bill requires greater sharing of "do not pay" lists among federal agencies—such as the Social Security Death Master File—and requires they be checked before releasing payment or other federal funds. The bill also requires reports on and audits of improper payments made under federal programs and their recovery rates. It passed 402-0.
Quote:I voted "no" on the motion to suspend the rules and pass H R 6190, Asthma Inhalers Relief Act of 2012, which extends the permitted sale date of a specific type of CFC-containing asthma inhaler through August 2013. The EPA began phasing out the sale of this inhaler in 2008 as part of its implementation of the Montreal Protocol, and none of them were to be sold beginning in 2012. The extension is meant to allow the inhaler's main producer to liquidate its existing inventory.
This bill does not change U.S. policy on the regulation of CFCs. It benefits one company almost exclusively by temporarily exempting them from a policy many other companies have had to comply with. Producers have known about the EPA's regulation for more than four years, and many other CFC-containing inhalers have already been phased out without any special treatment for their producers. It is inappropriate for Congress to change the law for the benefit of one or two companies. It failed 229-182 (suspension bills require a two-thirds majority to pass).
