| American Civil Liberties Union 2007 House Scorecard description
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On May 11, 2007, the House passed, by a vo … On May 11, 2007, the House passed, by a vote of 245 to 178, an amendment to the Intelligence Authorization Act (H.R. 2082) that would prevent illegal domestic wiretapping by the government. The ACLU supported the Schiff/Flake Amendment because it reaffirmed the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) as the only legal means of collecting electronic intelligence surveillance. ting electronic intelligence surveillance.
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| American Civil Liberties Union 2007 House Scorecard position
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Aye +
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| American Civil Liberties Union 2007 House Scorecard source
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Http://action.aclu.org/site/VoteCenter?page=voteList +
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| Bill of vote
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Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 +
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| Billnumber
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H2082 +
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| Chamber
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111th United States Congress +
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| Congress number
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110th +
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| Congressnumber
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110 +
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| Modification date
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| National Journal 2007 House Scorecard description
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Limit domestic electronic surveillance for foreign-intelligence information. May 11. (245-178)
, Instruct House conferees to insist on maximum funding for intelligence activities. December 4. (249-160)
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| National Journal 2007 House Scorecard source
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Http://www.nationaljournal.com/voteratings/house votes.htm +
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| National Journal 2008 House Scorecard description
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Override President Bush's veto of the fisc … Override President Bush's veto of the fiscal 2008 intelligence authorization bill, including a provision prohibiting interrogation techniques not authorized by the Army field manual. March 11. (225-188; 276 votes required in this case to override the veto) equired in this case to override the veto)
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| National Journal 2008 House Scorecard position
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Nay +
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| National Journal 2008 House Scorecard source
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Http://www.nationaljournal.com/njmagazine/cs 20090228 4813.php +
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| Roll call number
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339 +
, 1125 +
, 117 +
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| Scorecard vote
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American Civil Liberties Union 2007-2008 House Scorecard +
, National Journal 2007 House Scorecard +
, National Journal 2008 House Scorecard +
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| Session number
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1 +
, 2 +
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| Categories |
Economic Policy (U.S.) +
, U.S. legislation +
, Record votes +
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Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008
