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ALAWON: American Library Association Washington Office Newsline
Volume 14, Number 58
June 16, 2005

In This Issue: Sanders Amendment Passes: Library Patrons Again Free to
Read!

Last night, in a stunning 238-187 victory (votes below, at the bottom of
this message), Rep. Bernie Sanders' (I-VT) amendment to the House
Science-State-Justice Subcommittee (SSJC) appropriations bill passed.
The appropriations bill funds the Justice Department and Sanders'
amendment bars the Department from using any of the appropriated money
to search library and bookstore records under Section 215 of the USA
PATRIOT Act.

Action Needed!
The Representatives who voted for the bill are listed below. If your
Representative is on the list, please take a moment today to thank him
or her for their efforts to protect the rights of library users and
bookstore patrons. Please also take a moment today to thank
Representative Sanders, who continues to be a true champion for library
user rights. You can find contact information and send e-mails directly
to your members of Congress through the Legislative Action Center at:
http://capwiz.com/ala/home/.

Background:
Like the Freedom to Read Protection Act (H.R. 1157) also sponsored by
Congressman Sanders, the Sanders Freedom to Read Amendment restores
legal standards and warrant procedures for investigations of library and
bookstore records that were in place before passage of the USA PATRIOT
Act. The text of the amendment reads, "None of the funds made available
in this Act may be used to make an application under section 501 of the
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1861) for an
order requiring the production of library circulation records, library
patron lists, book sales records, or book customer lists."

Section 215 of the USA PATRIOT Act dramatically expanded the scope of
materials the FBI can access with a warrant from the government's secret
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act or "FISA" court. This section
gives the FBI the power to search for any "tangible things (including
books, records, papers, documents, and other items)" in any location
without having to name the subject of the search, permitting "fishing
expeditions" in library records. Millions of people across the country,
including librarians and booksellers, are concerned about the chilling
effect of this legislation, which encourages users to self-censor their
reading choices. Seven state legislatures, 44 state library
associations, and 381 cities and towns representing nearly 62 million
people have passed resolutions expressing their concerns with Section
215 and other specific provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act.

Vote Tallies:

Yes Votes - 238:

Abercrombie
Ackerman
Allen
Andrews
Baca
Baird
Baldwin
Barrow
Bartlett (MD)
Bean
Becerra
Berkley
Berman
Berry
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (NY)
Bishop (UT)
Blumenauer
Boehlert
Boozman
Boswell
Boucher
Boyd
Brady (PA)
Brown (OH)
Brown, Corrine
Burgess
Butterfield
Capps
Capuano
Cardin
Cardoza
Carnahan
Carson
Case
Castle
Chandler
Clay
Cleaver
Clyburn
Conyers
Cooper
Costa
Costello
Cramer
Crowley
Cubin
Cummings
Davis (AL)
Davis (CA)
Davis (FL)
Davis (IL)
Davis (TN)
DeFazio
DeGette
Delahunt
DeLauro
Dicks
Dingell
Doggett
Doyle
Duncan
Edwards
Ehlers
Emanuel
Emerson
Engel
Eshoo
Etheridge
Evans
Farr
Fattah
Filner
Fitzpatrick (PA)
Flake
Ford
Frank (MA)
Gillmor
Gonzalez
Gordon
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Grijalva
Gutierrez
Harman
Harris
Hastings (FL)
Herseth
Higgins
Hinchey
Hinojosa
Holden
Holt
Honda
Hooley
Hoyer
Inslee
Israel
Jackson (IL)
Jackson-Lee (TX)
Jefferson
Johnson (IL)
Johnson, E. B.
Jones (NC)
Jones (OH)
Kanjorski
Kaptur
Kennedy (RI)
Kildee
Kilpatrick (MI)
Kind
Kingston
Kirk
Kucinich
LaHood
Langevin
Lantos
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
LaTourette
Leach
Lee
Levin
Lewis (GA)
Lipinski
Lofgren, Zoe
Lowey
Lynch
Maloney
Manzullo
Markey
Marshall
Matheson
Matsui
McCarthy
McCollum (MN)
McDermott
McGovern
McIntyre
McKinney
McNulty
Meehan
Meek (FL)
Meeks (NY)
Melancon
Menendez
Michaud
Millender-McDonald
Miller (FL)
Miller (NC)
Miller, George
Mollohan
Moore (KS)
Moore (WI)
Moran (KS)
Moran (VA)
Murtha
Musgrave
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal (MA)
Ney
Obey
Olver
Ortiz
Otter
Owens
Pallone
Pascrell
Pastor
Paul
Payne
Pelosi
Peterson (MN)
Peterson (PA)
Petri
Poe
Pomeroy
Porter
Price (NC)
Rahall
Rangel
Rehberg
Reyes
Ross
Rothman
Roybal-Allard
Ruppersberger
Rush
Ryan (OH)
Sabo
Salazar
Sánchez, Linda T.
Sanchez, Loretta
Sanders
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schwartz (PA)
Schwarz (MI)
Scott (GA)
Scott (VA)
Serrano
Sherman
Skelton
Slaughter
Smith (WA)
Snyder
Solis
Spratt
Stark
Strickland
Stupak
Tanner
Tauscher
Taylor (MS)
Taylor (NC)
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Tierney
Towns
Udall (CO)
Udall (NM)
Van Hollen
Velázquez
Visclosky
Walden (OR)
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Watson
Watt
Waxman
Weiner
Wexler
Whitfield
Woolsey
Wu
Wynn
Young (AK)
        
NO Votes (187):

Aderholt
Akin
Alexander
Bachus
Baker
Barrett (SC)
Barton (TX)
Bass
Beauprez
Biggert
Bilirakis
Blackburn
Blunt
Boehner
Bonilla
Bonner
Boren
Boustany
Bradley (NH)
Brady (TX)
Brown (SC)
Brown-Waite, Ginny
Burton (IN)
Buyer
Calvert
Camp
Cannon
Cantor
Capito
Carter
Chabot
Chocola
Coble
Cole (OK)
Conaway
Cox
Crenshaw
Culberson
Cunningham
Davis (KY)
Davis, Jo Ann
Davis, Tom
Deal (GA)
DeLay
Dent
Diaz-Balart, L.
Diaz-Balart, M.
Doolittle
Drake
Dreier
English (PA)
Everett
Feeney
Ferguson
Foley
Forbes
Fortenberry
Fossella
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Gallegly
Gerlach
Gibbons
Gilchrest
Gingrey
Gohmert
Goode
Goodlatte
Granger
Graves
Green (WI)
Gutknecht
Hall
Hart
Hastings (WA)
Hayes
Hayworth
Hefley
Hensarling
Herger
Hobson
Hoekstra
Hostettler
Hulshof
Hunter
Inglis (SC)
Issa
Istook
Jenkins
Jindal
Johnson (CT)
Johnson, Sam
Keller
Kelly
Kennedy (MN)
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kline
Knollenberg
Kolbe
Kuhl (NY)
Latham
Lewis (CA)
Lewis (KY)
Linder
LoBiondo
Lucas
Lungren, Daniel E.
Mack
Marchant
McCaul (TX)
McCotter
McCrery
McHenry
McHugh
McKeon
McMorris
Mica
Miller (MI)
Miller, Gary
Murphy
Myrick
Neugebauer
Northup
Norwood
Nunes
Nussle
Osborne
Oxley
Pearce
Pence
Pickering
Pitts
Platts
Pombo
Price (GA)
Pryce (OH)
Putnam
Radanovich
Ramstad
Regula
Reichert
Renzi
Reynolds
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rogers (MI)
Rohrabacher
Ros-Lehtinen
Royce
Ryan (WI)
Ryun (KS)
Saxton
Sensenbrenner
Shadegg
Shaw
Shays
Sherwood
Shimkus
Shuster
Simmons
Simpson
Smith (NJ)
Smith (TX)
Sodrel
Souder
Stearns
Sweeney
Tancredo
Terry
Thomas
Thornberry
Tiahrt
Tiberi
Turner
Upton
Walsh
Wamp
Weldon (FL)
Weller
Westmoreland
Wicker
Wilson (NM)
Wilson (SC)
Wolf
Young (FL)
        

NOT VOTING (8):

Bono
Cuellar
Garrett (NJ)
Hyde
Oberstar
Sessions
Sullivan
Weldon (PA)
        


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