ALAWON: American Library Association Washington Office Newsline
Volume 15, Number 34
March 8, 2006

In This Issue: PATRIOT reauthorization goes to President Bush for 
signature

Yesterday the House of Representatives voted (280-138) to pass 
legislation reauthorizing the USA PATRIOT Act. In spite of years 
of work done by ALA members, our allies in the civil liberties 
arena, and dedicated Members of Congress, the legislation does not 
include most of the meaningful reforms we hoped would restore the 
privacy rights of America's library users. 

It does, however, contain some reforms, including an explicit 
right to challenge a section 215 and 505 order and a requirement 
that the FBI Director (or Deputy Director) must personally approve 
any request for records from a library or bookstore. 

We are encouraged by the pledges of several Members of Congress to 
continue working on reforms to Section 215. We will keep you 
updated as new legislation is introduced. 

Following is a list of House members who voted against the PATRIOT 
Act last night. If your representative is on this list, please 
call him or her today and extend your thanks for their support of 
moderate reforms to sections of the PATRIOT Act. 

The following members of the House of Representatives voted "no" 
on the PATRIOT Act reauthorization legislation: 

Abercrombie (D-HI) 
Ackerman(D-NY) 
Allen (D-ME) 
Baca (D-CA) 
Baldwin (D-WI) 
Bartlett (R-MD) 
Becerra (D-CA) 
Berkley(D-NV) 
Berman (D-CA) 
Bishop (R-UT) 
Blumenauer(D-OR) 
Boucher (D-VA) 
Brady (D-PA) 
Brown (D-OH) 
Brown, Corrine (D-FL) 
Butterfield (D-NC) 
Capps (D-CA) 
Capuano (D-MA) 
Carson (D-IN) 
Clay (D-MO) 
Cleaver (D-MO) 
Clyburn (D-SC) 
Conyers (D-MI) 
Costello (D-IL) 
Crowley (D-NY) 
Cummings (D-MD) 
Davis (D-CA) 
Davis (D-IL) 
DeFazio (D-OR) 
DeGette (D-CO) 
Delahunt (D-MA) 
DeLauro (D-CT) 
Dingell (D-MI) 
Doggett (D-TX) 
Doyle (D-PA) 
Duncan (R-TN) 
Engel (D-NY) 
Eshoo (D-CA) 
Farr (D-CA) 
Fattah (D-PA) 
Filner (D-CA) 
Frank (MA) 
Gordon (D-TN) 
Green, Al (D-TX) 
Grijalva (D-AZ) 
Hastings (D-FL) 
Hinchey (D-NY) 
Holt (D-NJ) 
Honda (D-CA) 
Hooley (D-OR) 
Inslee(D-WA) 
Jackson (D-IL) 
Jackson-Lee (D-TX) 
Jefferson (D-LA) 
Johnson (R-IL) 
Johnson, E. B. (D-TX) 
Jones (R-NC) 
Jones (D-OH) 
Kennedy (D-RI) 
Kildee (D-MI) 
Kilpatrick (D-MI) 
Kucinich (D-OH) 
Lantos (D-CA) 
Larson (D-CT) 
Lee (D-CA) 
Lewis (GA) 
Lofgren, Zoe (D-CA) 
Lowey (D-NY) 
Lucas (R-OK) 
Lynch (D-MA) 
Mack (R-FL) 
Maloney (D-NY) 
Manzullo (R-IL) 
Markey (D-MA) 
Matsui (D-CA) 
McCollum (D-MN) 
McDermott (D-WA) 
McGovern (D-MA) 
McKinney (D-GA) 
McNulty (D-NY) 
Meehan (D-MA) 
Meek (D-FL) 
Michaud (D-ME) 
Millender-McDonald (D-CA) 
Miller, George (D-CA) 
Mollohan (D-WV) 
Moore (D-WI) 
Moran (D-VA) 
Nadler(D-NY) 
Napolitano(D-CA) 
Neal (D-MA) 
Oberstar (D-MN) 
Obey (D-WI) 
Olver (D-MA) 
Otter (R-ID) 
Owens (D-NY) 
Oxley (R-OH) 
Pallone (D-NJ) 
Pastor (D-AZ) 
Paul (R-TX) 
Pelosi (D-CA) 
Peterson (D-MN) 
Price (D-NC) 
Rahall (D-WV) 
Rangel (D-NY) 
Rohrabacher (R-CA) 
Roybal-Allard (D-CA) 
Rush (D-IL) 
Ryan (D-OH) 
Sabo(D-MN) 
Sánchez, Linda T. (D-CA) 
Sanchez, Loretta (D-CA) 
Sanders (I-VT) 
Schakowsky (D-IL) 
Scott (D-VA) 
Serrano(D-NY) 
Slaughter (D-NY) 
Solis (D-CA) 
Stark (D-CA) 
Stupak (D-MI) 
Tanner(D-TN) 
Tauscher (D-CA) 
Thompson (D-CA) 
Thompson (D-MS) 
Tierney (D-MA) 
Towns (D-NY) 
Udall (D-NM) 
Velázquez (D-NY) 
Visclosky (D-IN) 
Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) 
Waters (D-CA) 
Watson (D-CA) 
Watt (D-NC) 
Waxman (D-CA) 
Weiner (D-NY) 
Woolsey (D-CA) 
Wu (D-OR) 
Young (AK)



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