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H.R.3773: To amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to establish a procedure for authorizing certain acquisitions of foreign intelligence, and for other purposes.

March 14, 2008 The Democratic House Passes a Good FISA Bill

The House has just passed the House amendment to the Senate amendment to HR 3773, to amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to establish a procedure for authorizing certain acquisitions of foreign intelligence, ...

March 14, 2008 House Passes FISA Amendment

The House has just passed the House amendment to the Senate amendment to HR 3773, to amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to establish a procedure for authorizing certain acquisitions of foreign intelligence, ...

March 14, 2008 House Approves FISA Bill; Strips Telco Immunity - News and ...

Members approved HR 3773 by a vote of 213 to 197 Friday afternoon after a battle over whether members should vote on a House or Senate version of the bill. At issue is a warrantless surveillance program that helped the government more ...

March 14, 2008 House FISA Debate This Morning

The Dems are advancing the House amendment to the Senate amendment to HR 3773, or in other words, they are revamping the Rockefeller/Cheney bill the Senate sent to the House to include more meaningful oversight of the Bush ...

March 14, 2008 Vote: 'Nay' regarding HR3773

John Kuhl [R, NY-29] voted 'Nay' on the question: Agree to the Senate Amendment with an Amendment: HR 3773 To amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to establish a procedure for authorizing certain acquisitions of ...

March 14, 2008 House Passes FISA Amendments Act

The House has just passed the House amendment to the Senate amendment to HR 3773, to amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to establish a procedure for authorizing certain acquisitions of foreign intelligence, ...

March 14, 2008 Democrats Reject Telecom Immunity Ahead of Vote

The session, requested by House minority whip Roy Blunt (R-Missouri), pushed back an upcoming vote (HR 3773) on updating the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) to today." http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/031408A.shtml ...

March 14, 2008 Good News on the FISA Front!

The House passed an immunity-free bill, HR 3773. The Senate passed a bill with immunity in it, S. 2248. The Senate stripped out the text of HR 3773 and substituted in the text of S. 2248, then sent the amended HR 3773 back to the House ...

March 14, 2008 House Passes FISA Amendments Act

The House has just passed the House amendment to the Senate amendment to HR 3773, to amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to establish a procedure for authorizing certain acquisitions of foreign intelligence, ...

March 14, 2008 House Debates FISA Amendments Act

Today, the House will consider the House amendment to the Senate amendment to HR 3773, to amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to establish a procedure for authorizing certain acquisitions of foreign intelligence, ...

March 13, 2008 FISA Fight: Whither the Blue Dogs?

The House will be voting on their updated FISA legislation (HR 3773) tomorrow. This is the legislation justified today in Chairman Conyers’ strong rebuke of retroactive amnesty. House leadership is confident that the bill will pass: ...

March 13, 2008 FISA Vote In The House Now

There is a vote likely today on the House re-draft of FISA legislation — labelled at the moment “AMENDMENT TO HR 3773.” I am hearing rumors of GOP maneuvers — Blunt trying to call the House into “secret session” and/or adjourn

March 13, 2008 Will the House go into a secret session over the spying bill?

The House is debating other matters right now, so it's good time to gather some background reading about the new House version of the FISA bill ( HR 3773) in anticipation of the projected vote later. The latest wrinkle is a call for a ...

March 13, 2008 The FISA Fight Continues, Bush Starting To Stumble

Granted, the formation of a spine in the Democratic caucus is still in its early stages but it is definitely taking shape. Today, in ten minutes, at 3PM Eastern Daylight Time, the House will take up HR 3773, which Bush had the following ...

March 13, 2008 FISA Fight: Vote today in House

The House will be voting on their updated FISA legislation (HR 3773) today, scheduled to start at about 3:00 EDT. As predicted, the shrieker-in-chief’s head exploded:. This week House leaders are finally bringing legislation to the ...

March 13, 2008 Thursday links

According to CDT, the House should approve HR 3773, the FISA Amendments Act. It requires prior FISA court approval of surveillance procedures (if not of actual surveillance), ongoing judicial oversight of compliance with those ...

March 13, 2008 FISA fight: Leadership maneuvers you’ll actually like

When the Senate took up the issue, it opted not to deal with HR 3773, but instead passed its Rockefeller-backed FISA bill (S. 2248) that did include retroactive amnesty. And there was a tremendous uproar among immunity opponents over ...

March 13, 2008 FISA Fight: Vote today in House

The House will be voting on their updated FISA legislation (HR 3773) today, scheduled to start at about 3:00 EDT. As predicted, the shrieker-in-chief's head exploded:. This week House leaders are finally bringing legislation to the ...

March 13, 2008 FISA fight: Leadership maneuvers you'll actually like

When the Senate took up the issue, it opted not to deal with HR 3773, but instead passed its Rockefeller-backed FISA bill (S. 2248) that did include retroactive amnesty. And there was a tremendous uproar among immunity opponents over ...

March 13, 2008 Special Closed Session Tonight in the House

When the Senate took up the issue, it opted not to deal with HR 3773, but instead passed its Rockefeller-backed FISA bill (S. 2248) that did include retroactive amnesty. And there was a tremendous uproar among immunity opponents over ...

March 13, 2008 HR 3773 - FISA Amendments Act of 2008, by US Rep. Ron Paul

Mr Speaker, I rise in opposition to this latest attempt to undermine our personal liberties and violate the Fourth Amendment of the Constitution. This bill will allow the federal government to engage in the bulk collection of American ...

March 13, 2008 FISA Fight: Vote today in House

The House will be voting on their updated FISA legislation (HR 3773) today, scheduled to start at about 3:00 EDT. As predicted, the shrieker-in-chief's head exploded: This week House leaders are finally bringing legislation to the floor ...

March 12, 2008 FISA Fight: Whither the Blue Dogs?

The House will be voting on their updated FISA legislation (HR 3773) tomorrow. This is the legislation justified today in Chairman Conyers' strong rebuke of retroactive amnesty. House leadership is confident that the bill will pass: ...

March 11, 2008 HR 3773 - FISA Amendments Act of 2008

HR 3773 - FISA Amendments Act of 2008. Meeting Time: 4:00 pm Wednesday 3/12; Text of House Amendment to Senate Amendment; H.Res. 1041: Rule, Committee Report, and roll call votes.

March 11, 2008 Democratic FISA Proposal - HR 3773 Substitute Amendment

Source: http://www.netrootsmass.net/extras/Glenn_Greenwald/H3773AMD_002_xml.pdf [Discussion Draft] AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE TO HR 3773 OFFERED BY M. Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following: 1 SEC. 1. ...

March 11, 2008 New House FISA Legislation

The latest proposal would sidestep stalled House-Senate negotiations over an overhaul (HR 3773) of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA, PL 95-511). But most aspects of the new legislation were developed without Senate ...

March 11, 2008 [Conspiracy-Theory] Email From My Representative Regarding ...

HR 3773 would require a FISA court order for foreign communications between individuals in the US and persons reasonably believed to be outside of the US, and although Democrats claim this bill does not grant constitutional rights to ...

March 03, 2008 Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, and More from CRS

“The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: Comparison of House-Passed HR 3773, S. 2248 as Reported By the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, and S. 2248 as Reported Out of the Senate Judiciary Committee,” updated February 8, ...

February 25, 2008 ATTENTION: Sign petition against HR 3773 (Spying on Americans)

Forum: Ron Paul Grassroots Central Posted By: A Ron Paul Rebel Post Time: 02-25-2008 at 11:49 AM.

February 25, 2008 Defense of Democracy ad: the remix

But the House refuses to vote on HR3773 (as amended by the Senate) and instead…. want to protect the lives of American citizens AND their civil liberties. So the phone company looses; Tell the House of Representatives to do its job and ...