Thanks Bernie! NOT!

[BlueLucy]

The Senate was just one vote short of adopting an amendment that would have required a search warrant for the government to conduct secret surveillance of internet users’ search and web browsing data.

The vote 59-37 vote Wednesday, with 60 needed to adopt the amendment, was a defeat for privacy advocates.

The amendment to require warrants was sponsored by Republican Senator Steve Daines of Montana and Democrat Ron Wyden of Oregon. It would have limited the authority under Section 215 of the Patriot Act, which allowed the government to access a variety of records in national security investigations.

“The American people will not tolerate warrantless government spying,” Wyden said Wednesday on the Senate floor.

“If you want to see an American’s search history, then you better go to a judge and get a warrant,” Daines said.

Independent Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Democrat Patty Murray of Washington did not vote. Murray was flying back to Washington on Wednesday.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-05-13/senate-blocks-warrant-rule-for-secret-internet-surveillance?fbclid=IwAR2RlLoE5LFjRp3io1kMLzi-LWw-iBiJguCPHVWURZsoxcTtPciA_ybrtm8

[ibegurpard]

1. Why are you singling out Bernie?

When the part of the article you posted states that Patty Murray also did not vote? It seems to me you should be "thanking" the repukes who voted against it...

[LizBeth]

11. He is a big one and wtf, why the hell didn't he vote? He has literally done nothing since running 5

yrs ago, and little to nothing since stepping into congress three decades ago. Abso fuckin' lutely call him out.

[Roland99]

14. *9* Dems voted No. Wasn't just Bernie's no-show

[Budi]

2. Where was he? Has he said why he missed this critical vote for civil rights protections?

Murray was in flight. Ok.

Where was Sanders?

We deserve to ask & deserve an answer.

[Jake Stern]

4. Why did ten Democratic senators vote against the amendment?

I'm more interested in that reasoning than why Bernie skipped a vote.

https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2020/05/13/us/politics/ap-us-congress-intelligence.html

[ibegurpard]

6. Exactly

[Jake Stern]

3. Funny how you fail to blame the TEN Democratic senators

who actually voted against the amendment.

[demmiblue]

5. Nice try.

Trashing thread.

[BlueLucy]

8. Bernie and his supporters are always expressing how perfect he is.

Murray was in flight. Bernie misses a lot of votes and has missed a lot in the last 5 years or almost the whole time he has been a Senator. I'm really disappointed in Feinstein also.

[ibegurpard]

9. Perhaps you might like to delete this thread?

And post a new one reframing it as a concern about the 10 Democratic senators that actually voted AGAINST the amendment? I'm certain you don't intend to cause division when we need unity at the end of a contentious primary.

[Budi]

10. So, where was Sanders? We'll start there & work our way thru the list of them

Murray, in flight.
Sanders ?
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[LizBeth]

12. So busy pointing fingers in the other direction to deflect off Sanders.

[Budi]

13. Apparantly no one knows what he was doing.

Next up:

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[LizBeth]

16. I have listened to Sanders for 5 yrs attack the do nothing Dems and he is the ONLY one that can get

stuff done. Though his records tells us another story. And here he is a do nothing again.

[Budi]

17. 🤨

Yup.

[ornotna]

15. I bought a package of toilet paper today

It wasn't the brand I prefer.

[Budi]

18. Maybe they were all out buying T Paper?

Except Murray, so far.

[qazplm135]

19. Thanks Obama!

Sheesh!

[Blue_true]

23. Don't worry. The NSA recorded what you bought.

It wasn't a brand that raises suspicions that you may be ISIS, so you can stop sweating.

[Budi]

20. This was a critical vote to miss out on. Thanks anyway Sens Wyden & Daines 😐

"The vote 59-37 vote Wednesday, with 60 needed to adopt the amendment, was a defeat for privacy advocates.

The amendment to require warrants was sponsored by Republican Senator Steve Daines of Montana and Democrat Ron Wyden of Oregon. It would have limited the authority under Section 215 of the Patriot Act, which allowed the government to access a variety of records in national security investigations.

“The American people will not tolerate warrantless government spying,” Wyden said Wednesday on the Senate floor."


This really sucks.
Where was the effort to protect citizens rights, with the missing Sens?

Thanks for dropping the ball when we needed you to protect our Privacy Rights.

Where were they?

[msongs]

21. Shame on any dems who could have voted yes but did not nt

[Indykatie]

22. Funny How These Important Votes Always Come Up 1 or 2 Short

I bet that if Murray and Bernie had voted a couple more Republicans would have changed their vote. McTurtle knows exactly what the outcome will be before the first vote is cast.