Open Congress : News Articles for H.R.3773 RESTORE Act of 2007

FISA: Telco PACs Gave $8K to Dems Who Changed Vote

2008-06-24T00:00:00Z

The March 16th vote was on the House amendment (to the Senate amendment to HR 3773), to amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA). ...

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Senate Could Send Surveillance Overhaul to President Bush This Week

2008-06-20T00:00:00Z

Obama voted against the White House-backed bill that passed the Senate in February ( HR 3773 ), and his campaign released a statement last year expressing ...

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Accountability on FISA, Colombia

2008-04-11T00:00:00Z

... leadership refused to allow a vote on the bill and instead passed a measure that only confuses the debate and stands no chance of enactment -- HR 3773. ...

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Hoyer Says White House May Be Ready to Negotiate on Surveillance Bill

2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Hoyer said the administration’s change of heart stemmed from House passage March 14 of its latest version of legislation ( HR 3773 ) to rewrite FISA. ...

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Hoyer Says White House Might Negotiate Surveillance Compromise

2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Hoyer said the administration’s change of heart stemmed from House passage March 14 of its latest version of legislation ( HR 3773 ) to rewrite the Foreign ...

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Hoyer Says White House May Be Ready to Negotiate on Surveillance Bill

2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Hoyer said the administration’s change of heart stemmed from House passage March 14 of its latest version of legislation ( HR 3773 ) to rewrite the Foreign ...

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Bean's vote stands up for Constitution

2008-03-29T00:00:00Z

The legislation, HR 3773, denied the automatic, retroactive immunity to lawbreaking telecommunications companies demanded by the Bush White House. ...

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GOP Looks for New FISA Pressure Points

2008-03-27T00:00:00Z

... when House Democrats defied the White House and passed a new bill ( HR 3773 ) that would not grant retroactive legal immunity to telecommunications ...

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Kirk's vote on bill is Seals' gain

2008-03-25T00:00:00Z

I applaud the efforts of the Democratic leadership to pass the Restore Act (HR 3773). I strongly agree that our national security needs can be met by this ...

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Senate Breakfast Club: Consensus on the Menu

2008-03-24T00:00:00Z

FOR FURTHER READING: FISA overhaul ( HR 3773 ), CQ Weekly, p. 725; mortgage relief ( S 2636 ), p. 562; Alexander, p. 546; Reid, p. 432; fiscal 2008 domestic ...

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FISA: Telecom PAC's gave $10660 ea. for No Vote

2008-03-21T00:00:00Z

For more on HR 3773 visit, Whip Pack. "Our findings are based on the aggregation of contribution data from the Center for Responsive Politics and voting ...

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Lulling Americans Into False Sense of Security

2008-03-21T00:00:00Z

HR 3773, The FISA Amendments Act of 2008, recapitulates a series of executive checks, requiring the Executive Branch to apply to a secret court asking for a ...

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How PAC Money May Have Influenced The FISA Voting

2008-03-21T00:00:00Z

... $7085 to those who voted "yes") on the House amendment (to the Senate amendment to HR 3773) to amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978. ...

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Telcos Spent $10K Per Telecom Amnesty Vote, Sunshine Group Says

2008-03-21T00:00:00Z

Legislators were broken down into pro and anit-amnesty based on their March 14 votes on HR 3773, the House's alternative to a Bush administration-approved ...

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House Passes Compromise FISA Bill

2008-03-19T00:00:00Z

Instead, on March 14, the House passed the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 (HR 3773), which rejects immunity for telecommunications companies and imposes ...

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A Need for Advance Intelligence as to Foreign-Based Terrorism

2008-03-18T00:00:00Z

By Paul Weyrich Last Thursday night the House of Representatives met in a closed session to debate HR 3773, the FISA Amendments Act of 2008. ...

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House Rejects Telecom Immunity

2008-03-18T00:00:00Z

... provision is now in the hands of the conference committee, since the House rejected the Senate bill by passing (213-197) the House bill, HR 3773. ...

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Follow the Federal Budget and Spending Process

2008-03-17T00:00:00Z

The House passed a bill that the President has said he intends to veto. HR 3773, The RESTORE Act of 2007, is the bill. HR 3773 The RESTORE Act of 2007 What ...

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Playing Politics With FISA: A Need for Advance Intelligence

2008-03-17T00:00:00Z

By Paul M. Weyrich Last Thursday night the House of Representatives met in a closed session to debate HR 3773, the FISA Amendments Act of 2008. ...

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House passes key anti-terrorist measure

2008-03-14T00:00:00Z

“HR 3773 authorizes and provides our intelligence agencies with the resources they need to conduct surveillance operations against foreign terrorist ...

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House passes key anti-terrorist measure

2008-03-14T00:00:00Z

“HR 3773 authorizes and provides our intelligence agencies with the resources they need to conduct surveillance operations against foreign terrorist ...

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Hear why Thornberry voted against new FISA legislation

2008-03-14T00:00:00Z

The legislation, called HR 3773, passed by a narrow 213-197 margin. The warrantless surveillance program helped the government eavesdrop on suspected ...

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Pelosi: FISA Bill Meets Our Responsibility to Protect America ...

2008-03-14T00:00:00Z

WASHINGTON, March 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi spoke on the House floor this afternoon in strong support of HR 3773, ...

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House Moving Toward Vote on Revised Surveillance Legislation

2008-03-14T00:00:00Z

Democrats surmounted a procedural hurdle by 221-188, adopting a rule for debate that will prevent any amendments to the legislation ( HR 3773 ). ...

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House FISA Bill Picks Up Some Backers

2008-03-14T00:00:00Z

Before the late-night secret session began Thursday, a number of the 21 conservative “Blue Dog” Democrats who had endorsed a competing Senate bill ( HR 3773 ...

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House Carves a New Path on FISA

2008-03-11T00:00:00Z

The latest proposal would sidestep stalled House-Senate negotiations over an overhaul ( HR 3773 ) of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA, ...

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Shuler’s vote fails patriotism test

2008-03-06T00:00:00Z

To The Editor: Heath Shuler’s vote for the RESTORE Act, HR 3773, places the rights of trial lawyers to sue American telecommunication companies over the ...

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FISA: This Seems About Right

2008-02-25T00:00:00Z

... GOP lawmakers, backed by the Bush administration, are insisting that the House simply clear bipartisan Senate-passed surveillance legislation (HR 3773). ...

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GOP Aides Boycott Staff Talks on Surveillance Overhaul

2008-02-21T00:00:00Z

... a compromise between House and Senate versions of the legislation ( HR 3773 ) to revamp the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. But none showed up. ...

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US intelligence chief urges replacement surveillance bill with ...

2008-02-18T00:00:00Z

The House version [HR 3773 materials] of the legislation, approved [JURIST report] in November, does not include the immunity provisions. ...

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House Rejects Stopgap Extension of Electronic Surveillance Law

2008-02-13T00:00:00Z

House leaders have resisted pressure from the White House and Senate Republicans to take up the Senate version of the House-passed bill ( HR 3773 ) ...

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Statement of the Center for Democracy & Technology on Passage of ...

2008-02-13T00:00:00Z

"The House did a much better job of balancing security and liberty," Harris said, referring to a companion bill, the RESTORE Act (HR 3773), passed late last ...

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Government spying bill passes the Senate

2008-02-12T00:00:00Z

“The House did a much better job of balancing security and liberty,” Harris said, referring to a companion bill, the RESTORE Act (HR 3773), passed late last ...

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Cheney Calls for Permanent Warrantless Wiretapping

2008-01-23T00:00:00Z

The administration strongly opposes a House bill, HR 3773, that it says would severely limit the ability to collect intelligence on persons outside the ...

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Lipinski Backs Foreign Surveillance Act Bill

2008-01-02T00:00:00Z

15 in passing HR 3773, the RESTORE Act. This bill will ensure that the United States is able to effectively monitor the communications and activities of ...

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Surveillance Bill Stalls in Senate

2007-12-18T00:00:00Z

One of the major differences between the Senate bill and the version that the House-passed in November ( HR 3773 ) is that the House bill would not grant ...

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US Senate delays vote on telecom immunity for surveillance cooperation

2007-12-18T00:00:00Z

... Electronic Surveillance That is Overseen, Reviewed and Effective Act of 2007") [HR 3773 materials] last month without including an immunity provision. ...

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Warrantless wiretapping: We need a law that respects civil rights

2007-12-17T00:00:00Z

The House approved one version (dubbed RESTORE HR 3773) of the bill and the Senate judiciary commitee also passed one. But the Senate is taking up the ...

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Bush presses case for 'modernizing' FISA

2007-12-01T00:00:00Z

... Reviewed and Effective Act of 2007") [HR 3773 materials] by a margin of 227-187 [roll call] in November, without including the immunity provision. ...

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Congress Pare Surveillance?

2007-11-21T00:00:00Z

The House passed the RESTORE Act (HR 3773), which would reform the Protect America Act (PAA), passed in haste before Congress's August recess. ...

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nancy pelosi: fisa bill protects our national security and our ...

2007-11-19T00:00:00Z

november 15, 2007 -- washington, dc – speaker nancy pelosi spoke on the house floor tonight in support of hr 3773, the restore act, which updates the ...

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house passes fisa amendments without telecom immunity

2007-11-16T00:00:00Z

... in an attempt to strengthen foreign intelligence surveillance restrictions while preserving individuals' rights, including the right to sue. hr 3773 ...

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Smith Expresses Concerns about Intelligence Bill

2007-11-16T00:00:00Z

Congressman Adrian Smith (R-NE) today opposed HR 3773, the RESTORE Act, pointing to serious flaws in the bill which would weaken the Foreign Intelligence ...

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Intelligence Methods Matter

2007-11-01T00:00:00Z

Lawmakers who support HR 3773 should be required to clearly stake their careers on its effectiveness. The RESTORE Act is remarkable primarily for what its ...

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DOJ official urges telecom immunity, limited FISC role in Senate ...

2007-11-01T00:00:00Z

... known as the RESTORE Act of 2007 [HR 3773 materials; House summary, PDF], which would in part increase court oversight of the Terrorist Surveillance ...

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Keeping an eye on those who keep an eye on us

2007-10-31T00:00:00Z

Under the leadership of Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, some House Democrats have been pushing the so-called Restore Act (HR 3773) that gives the government ...

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Senators Get to See NSA Documents in an Attempt to Break FISA Logjam

2007-10-26T00:00:00Z

The House, too, has been unable to pass its version of the FISA bill ( HR 3773 ). The House bill would require the administration to apply to the secret ...

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Senate judiciary panel renews call for White House to turn over ...

2007-10-23T00:00:00Z

Earlier this month, Democrats in the US House of Representatives introduced [JURIST report] a draft bill [HR 3773 materials; HJC summary, PDF] to replace ...

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Senate bill grants immunity to telecom companies, House bill stalled

2007-10-23T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, in the House last week, the Responsible Electronic Surveillance that is Overseen, Reviewed, and Effective Act of 2007 (RESTORE Act) (HR 3773), ...

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Democrats’ Bill to Amend Wiretap Powers Delayed

2007-10-20T00:00:00Z

The Democrats’ latest proposal is called The Responsible Surveillance that is Overseen, Reviewed, and Effective (RESTORE) Act, HR 3773. ...

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Senate Surveillance Bill, Some Legal Protections

2007-10-19T00:00:00Z

But, again, here's the Statement of Adminstration Principle on the House version of the bill, HR 3773: It is a matter of basic fairness that providers who ...

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Senate Panel OKs Surveillance Bill

2007-10-19T00:00:00Z

The House version of the bill ( HR 3773 ) collapsed Wednesday when Republicans used a procedural tactic Democratic leaders could not overcome. ...

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Tough Week for House Democrats Buoys GOP

2007-10-19T00:00:00Z

... administration and the Turkish government have lobbied hard against, and the surveillance overhaul (HR 3773) that divides even the Democratic Caucus. ...

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Democrats’ Bill to Amend Wiretap Powers Delayed

2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

The Democrats’ latest proposal is called The Responsible Surveillance that is Overseen, Reviewed, and Effective (RESTORE) Act, HR 3773. ...

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On FISA, Err on the Side of the Constitution

2007-10-17T00:00:00Z

... a step in the right direction with the Responsible Electronic Surveillance That is Overseen, Reviewed, and Effective (RESTORE) Act of 2007 (HR 3773). ...

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Modernize FISA, But Don't Hobble American Intelligence Operations

2007-10-16T00:00:00Z

Lawmakers who support HR 3773 should be required to clearly stake their careers on its effectiveness. The RESTORE Act is remarkable primarily for what its ...

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Fact Sheet: House FISA Legislation the Wrong Direction for Our ...

2007-10-15T00:00:00Z

The tools provided by the Protect America Act will expire in early February 2008, but instead of making these tools permanent, HR 3773 would make our Nation ...

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Bill Limiting Wiretaps Gains Support in House

2007-10-12T00:00:00Z

Known as the "Restore Act," short for the Responsible Electronic Surveillance that is Overseen, Reviewed, and Effective Act of 2007 (HR 3773), the new bill ...

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At Intelligence Markups, ‘Open’ Never Really Means Open

2007-10-11T00:00:00Z

Democrats held a closed committee markup at which, coincidentally, another bill addressing surveillance law ( HR 3773 ) was approved. ...

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House Moves to Reform Expansive Surveillance Authority

2007-10-11T00:00:00Z

The Responsible Electronic Surveillance that is Overseen, Reviewed, and Effective Act of 2007 (RESTORE Act) (HR 3773) was introduced by Reps. ...

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Divided House Panel Approves Surveillance Overhaul Opposed by ...

2007-10-10T00:00:00Z

The House Intelligence Committee also was expected to approve the bill ( HR 3773 ), also along partisan lines. The measure is expected on the House floor ...

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Conyers/Reyes FISA Reform Bill Passes House Committees

2007-10-10T00:00:00Z

Both the House Judiciary and the House Intelligence Committee passed HR 3773, the Responsible Electronic Surveillance that is Overseen, Reviewed, ...

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Divided House Panels Approve Surveillance Overhaul Opposed by ...

2007-10-10T00:00:00Z

The measure, HR 3773, is expected on the House floor next week and faces an almost certain presidential veto unless it is changed further along in the ...

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House Moves to Reform Expansive Surveillance Authority

2007-10-10T00:00:00Z

Mark Agrast of the Center for American Progress said that HR 3773 "would begin to restore checks and balances to the means by which the government conducts ...

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