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) ****** ALAWON (ISSN 1069-7799) is a free, irregular publication of the American Library Association Washington Office. All materials subject to copyright by the American Library Association may be reprinted or redistributed for noncommercial purposes with appropriate credits. To subscribe to ALAWON, send the message: subscribe ala-wo [your_firstname] [your_lastname] to listproc@ala.org or go to http://www.ala.org/washoff/alawon. To unsubscribe to ALAWON, send the message: unsubscribe ala-wo to listproc@ala.org. ALAWON archives at http://www.ala.org/washoff/alawon. ALA Washington Office, 1615 New Hampshire Ave., N.W., First Floor, Washington, D.C. 20009-2520; phone: 202.628.8410 or 800.941.8478 toll-free; fax: 202.628.8419; Web site: http://www.ala.org/washoff. Executive Director: Emily Sheketoff. Office of Government Relations: Lynne Bradley, Director; Don Essex, Melanie Anderson, Erin Haggerty, Patrice McDermott and Miriam Nisbet. Office for Information Technology Policy: Rick Weingarten, Director; Carrie Lowe, Kathy Mitchell, Carrie Russell. ALAWON Editor: Bernadette Murphy.