Key Votes
S Amdt 3910 - FISA as Exclusive Means for Conducting Electronic Surveillance - Key Vote
National Key Votes
Bob Casey, Jr. voted Yea (Amendment Vote) on this legislation.
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Stages
Family
- S 2248 - FISA Amendments Act of 2007
- S Amdt 3907 - Striking Telecommunications Companies' Civil Immunity for Surveillance
- S Amdt 3910 - FISA as Exclusive Means for Conducting Electronic Surveillance
- SB 142 - Prohibits Texting While Driving
Issues
Note
NOTE: THIS IS AN AMENDMENT TO A SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT. A SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT REPLACES THE ENTIRE TEXT OF A PIECE OF LEGISLATION WITH A NEW TEXT.
Stage Details
Amendment - Amendment Rejected (Senate) (57-41) - Feb. 12, 2008 (Key vote)
Title: FISA as Exclusive Means for Conducting Electronic Surveillance
Vote to adopt an amendment that states that the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act is the exclusive means by which surveillance can be conducted on domestic wire, oral, or electronic communications.
NOTE: THIS LEGISLATION NEEDED A THREE-FIFTHS MAJORITY VOTE TO PASS.
Amendment - Introduced (Senate) - Feb. 6, 2008
Title: FISA as Exclusive Means for Conducting Electronic Surveillance
Sponsors
Co-sponsors
- Maria Cantwell (WA - D)
- Richard J. 'Dick' Durbin (IL - D)
- Charles T. 'Chuck' Hagel (NE - R) (Out Of Office)
- Patrick J. Leahy (VT - D)
- Robert 'Bob' Menendez (NJ - D)
- William Clarence 'Bill' Nelson Sr. (FL - D)
- John D. 'Jay' Rockefeller IV (WV - D)
- Ken Salazar (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Olympia Jean Snowe (ME - R) (Out Of Office)
- Arlen Specter (PA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Sheldon Whitehouse (RI - D)
- Ron Wyden (OR - D)