# How did your Congressman vote on the FISA Bill? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 8, 2007, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-your-congressman-vote-on-the-fisa-bill/414862 "2007-08-08T14:41:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BarnOwl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e95f7d/32.png) [@BarnOwl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BarnOwl)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2007, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-your-congressman-vote-on-the-fisa-bill/414862/1 "2007-08-08T14:41:30Z")
It’s called the Protect America Act, and you can find out how your Rep voted at [http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2007/roll836.xml](http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2007/roll836.xml) Mine (Chris Murphy), CT voted No. ---
**Author:** ![velvetjones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5f9b8f/32.png) [@velvetjones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velvetjones)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2007, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-your-congressman-vote-on-the-fisa-bill/414862/2 "2007-08-08T14:50:36Z")
I’m ashamed to admit that I had to look up my congressman on [this web site](http://www.visi.com/juan/congress/). Can’t know how he votes if I don’t know who he is. My congressman, FL Rep. John Mica (R), voted Yes ---
**Author:** ![BarnOwl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e95f7d/32.png) [@BarnOwl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BarnOwl)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2007, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-your-congressman-vote-on-the-fisa-bill/414862/3 "2007-08-08T14:51:15Z")
And you can check howw your Senators voted on it, at > **[U.S. Senate: U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 110th Congress - 1st Session](https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1101/vote_110_1_00309.htm)** > > roll\_call\_vote.xml ---
**Author:** ![Sarahfeena](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarahfeena/32/519_2.png) [@Sarahfeena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarahfeena)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2007, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-your-congressman-vote-on-the-fisa-bill/414862/4 "2007-08-08T14:56:23Z")
My Congressman (Danny Davis) voted no, as did both Illinois Senators. No surprises there! ---
**Author:** ![Sock\_of\_Doom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/71c47a/32.png) [@Sock\_of\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sock_of_Doom)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2007, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-your-congressman-vote-on-the-fisa-bill/414862/5 "2007-08-08T15:16:02Z")
All three of my toolbags–I mean congressmen–voted yes. Two pubbies and a dem. ---
**Author:** ![redtail23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3e96dc/32.png) [@redtail23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/redtail23)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2007, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-your-congressman-vote-on-the-fisa-bill/414862/6 "2007-08-08T15:16:14Z")
And all of the Oklahoma senators and representatives voted Yes. No surprise there, depressingly. ---
**Author:** ![percypercy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8baadc/32.png) [@percypercy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/percypercy)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2007, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-your-congressman-vote-on-the-fisa-bill/414862/7 "2007-08-08T15:36:40Z")
My representative, Steve Cohen(TN), voted No. I have such a Cohen Crush. As for the senators, Lamar Alexander didn’t vote, and Corker voted yes. I wasn’t surprised. -Lil ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2007, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-your-congressman-vote-on-the-fisa-bill/414862/8 "2007-08-08T15:58:12Z")
My Congress_woman_, Tammy Baldwin, voted NO, as did both of my Senators. ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2007, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-your-congressman-vote-on-the-fisa-bill/414862/9 "2007-08-08T16:28:55Z")
My Congresswoman, Jane Harman, voted No. Of the two morons who represent me in the Senate, one (Boxer) didn’t bother to vote :mad:, and the other idiot (Feinstein) voted Yea. :mad: :mad: ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2007, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-your-congressman-vote-on-the-fisa-bill/414862/10 "2007-08-08T16:45:26Z")
A hat trick of Nays, for me. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2007, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-your-congressman-vote-on-the-fisa-bill/414862/11 "2007-08-08T16:48:14Z")
My Rep voted no. He’s a D, representing a heavily D area. No surprises there. Both my Senators, one D and one R, voted YEA. Good for them. ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2007, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-your-congressman-vote-on-the-fisa-bill/414862/12 "2007-08-08T16:50:01Z")
Since you’re just polling for how each critter voted, I’ll move this to IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2007, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-your-congressman-vote-on-the-fisa-bill/414862/13 "2007-08-08T16:53:11Z")
Oddly enough, my congresswoman, E.B. Johnson voted no. Of course, both Senator morons voted yes. ---
**Author:** ![Kilvert\_s\_Pagan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@Kilvert\_s\_Pagan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilvert_s_Pagan)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2007, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-your-congressman-vote-on-the-fisa-bill/414862/14 "2007-08-08T16:56:26Z")
My congressman, Ben Chandler (D - KY), crossed party lines and voted “Yea”. I might have to go slap the shit out of him. I won’t even look up my senators - I mean, is there any doubt how Mitch McConnell voted? ---
**Author:** ![David\_Simmons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9de053/32.png) [@David\_Simmons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David_Simmons)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2007, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-your-congressman-vote-on-the-fisa-bill/414862/15 "2007-08-08T18:30:06Z")
My congressman is a Republican of the authoritarian school. His vote was for the bill. Diane Feinstein also voted “yea.” I don’t write members of congress since I wrote Alan Cranston and got an entirely inappropriate response from a flunky. George Will wrote a column exposing the fatuities of a report by the Grace Commission on government waste, a report that Cranston supported. I sent a copy to Cranston’s office along with my complaints about the report. I received a form letter thanking me for supporting Senator Cranston. However, in this case I did email both Feinstein and Harry Reid telling them how shameful I thought the action was. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2007, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-your-congressman-vote-on-the-fisa-bill/414862/16 "2007-08-08T19:06:54Z")
My critters voted No. Good for them. ---
**Author:** ![stucco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e56c9b/32.png) [@stucco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stucco)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2007, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-your-congressman-vote-on-the-fisa-bill/414862/17 "2007-08-08T19:34:26Z")
My congressman, Henry Waxman (D - California) voted nay. Shayna and David Simmons already got my two senators. ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2007, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-your-congressman-vote-on-the-fisa-bill/414862/18 "2007-08-08T19:34:35Z")
Dicks (WA-6), Nay. Cantwell, Nay; Murray, Not Voting. ---
**Author:** ![Zambini57](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/4491bb/32.png) [@Zambini57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zambini57)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2007, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-your-congressman-vote-on-the-fisa-bill/414862/19 "2007-08-08T19:48:08Z")
[QUOTE=BarnOwl] It’s called the Protect America Act, and you can find out how your Rep voted at [http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2007/roll836.xml](http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2007/roll836.xml) Mine (Chris Murphy), CT voted No. [/QUOTE] I have no idea. Who’s my congressman, anyway? (Georgia) Don’t answer, I don’t care. ---
**Author:** ![ErinPuff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dbc845/32.png) [@ErinPuff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ErinPuff)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2007, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-your-congressman-vote-on-the-fisa-bill/414862/20 "2007-08-08T20:12:55Z")
My congressman (D) voted no, but both my senators (one D, one R) voted yes. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-your-congressman-vote-on-the-fisa-bill/414862.md?page=2)