Congress is voting tomorrow on a bill that would defund the NSA's program of warrantless, mass, illegal spying on innocent Americans. You — — need to hit the link below, enter your ZIP code, get contact details for your congresscritter and call that number and give the staffer who answers a firm, polite, serious piece of your mind. This is a great chance to make an important change in the world. Do it.
A critical vote is happening tomorrow, July 24th, on the Defense Appropriations Bill in the House of Representatives. The bill gives taxpayer money to fund defense programs, including NSA surveillance.
Yesterday, an important bipartisan amendment to that bill was green-lighted to be voted on tomorrow. Proposed by Rep. Justin Amash (MI), the amendment would remove funding for blanket collection of phone records and metadata from cell phone service providers.
The summary of the amendment on the House of Representatives website reads:
Ends authority for the blanket collection of records under
the Patriot Act. Bars the NSA and other agencies from using Section 215
of the Patriot Act to collect records, including telephone call
records, that pertain to persons who are not subject to an
investigation under Section 215.The vote on this bill is critical. We need to flood Congress with calls in support of the amendment, and hold our representatives accountable.
