Patriot, Washington, D.C. is in more chaos than usual. As our U.S. Senators and Representatives rush to RAM through last-minute legislation so they can run out of town, you and I still have an opportunity to derail Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). On Monday, U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson was forced to pull two competing bills: one that would start to reform FISA and one that would embolden the spy state and make Section 702 – the “Crown Jewel” of the Spy State – stronger than ever. So the Deep State, afraid they might lose their power to spy on innocent Americans, added in a four-month extension of
Section 702 in its current form to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which must be voted on and approved before Congress adjourns until
January. Some in the Senate are objecting to this extension as a part of the NDAA in part because the extension was not a part of the versions of the bill passed in either the House nor the Senate. Yet the Conference Committee – members from both houses who came together to iron out differences in their bills – inserted the extension into the final bill. Senate rules prohibit additions to bills that were not a part of either of the original bills. But to the Deep State apologists in the Senate and House, the rules don’t matter, and they will do everything they can to ignore the rules. Meanwhile, Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO) just minutes ago put a hold on the NDAA in order to force a vote on Joe Biden’s request for $106 BILLION in supplemental funding for war in Ukraine and Israel. This has been a busy few weeks tracking and fighting the bills Congress is trying to slip in while America is looking elsewhere, but now is not the time for you and I to lose focus. Perhaps you’ve already made the phone calls we’ve asked you to make. And these calls have made a difference and contributed to Speaker Johnson and the House Rules Committee backing down on the awful Intelligence Committee bill. But we need to keep the phones ringing, showing them we are not happy with them playing fast and easy with their own rules and with the Constitution! Call both of your U.S. Senators now at 202-225-3121 and demand they vote NO on the NDAA which will be up for a vote as soon as this evening and to vote NO on the $106 BILLION supplemental funding. Demand transparency. Demand they follow the rules. Demand they follow the Constitution! Call your U.S. Senators now at 202-225-3121 and demand they vote NO! Keep up the fight, John McCardell Executive Director Campaign for Liberty If you’d prefer to donate via PayPal, please click here. Join Ron Paul’s Patriot Club with a monthly contribution! Your support sustains our work and members are automatically entered to receive special giveaways autographed by Ron Paul. If you would like to make a donation by mail, please send your check to Campaign for Liberty, PO Box 104, Lake Jackson TX 77566 or you can call 703-865-7162. The mission of Campaign for Liberty is to promote and defend the great American principles of individual liberty,
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