Marsha Blackburn Wants To Know What Where You Surf On The Internet

Thought Crimes.

This bill (H.R. 1955), known as the “Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of

2007,” could more aptly be titled the “Thought Crimes Act.” The bill would establish a National

Commission on the Prevention of Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism and establish a grant

program to prevent radicalization in the United States. However, critics charge that the bill is a thinly

disguised attempt to criminalize dissent, based on the bill’s vague and open-ended language that could be

used to trample basic rights to free speech and assembly, and turn legitimate dissent into thought crimes.

For instance, the bill defines “violent radicalization” as “the process of adopting or promoting an extremist

belief system for the purpose of facilitating ideologically based violence to advance political, religious, or

social change.” The bill does not define either “extremist belief system” or “facilitating ideologically based

violence.” The bill also states that “the Internet has aided in facilitating violent radicalization, ideologically

based violence, and the homegrown terrorism process in the United States by providing access to broad and

constant streams of terrorist-related propaganda to United States citizens.” The House passed H.R. 1955 by

a vote of 404-6 (Roll Call 993) on October 23, 2007.

The bill threatens legitimate dissent.

Marsha Blackburn voted FOR this bill.

(Source: The New American – December 10, 2007)

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Marsha Blackburn wants more surveillance on American Citizens and wishes to set up a Federalized Police State.

Electronic Surveillance.

The warrantless electronic surveillance bill (H.R. 5825) would allow electronic surveillance of
communications with suspected terrorists without first obtaining approval from the secret courts established by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978. Furthermore, the bill would authorize unwarranted surveillance for up to 90 days in some instances if a threat was considered “imminent.” Intelligence agencies would be allowed to conduct warrantless surveillance for seven days prior to gaining court approval if the threat was considered an “emergency situation.” This controversial bill had full support of the Bush administration as a means to provide greater national security in a post-9/11 world. The House passed H.R. 5825 on September 28, 2006 by a vote of 232-191 (Roll Call 502). Such a law would violate the Fourth Amendment by subjecting U.S. citizens to unreasonable searches and seizures.

Marsha Blackburn voted FOR this bill.
(Source: The New American - October 30, 2006)

COPS Funding.

This bill (H.R. 1700) would provide the annual funds for the Community-Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program for fiscal 2008 through 2013. The bill would authorize $1.15 billion per fiscal year to aid in the hiring of law enforcement officers. The funding would include up to $600 million each year for “officers hired to perform intelligence, anti-terror or homeland security duties.” The House passed H.R. 1700 on May 15, 2007, by a vote of 381-34 (Roll Call 348). Providing federal aid to local law enforcement programs is not only unconstitutional, it also further federalizes the police system. The Senate passed a similar provision in March.

Marsha Blackburn voted FOR this bill.
(Source: The New American – July 23, 2007)


Funding the REAL ID Act (National ID).

During consideration of the Homeland Security appropriations bill, Representative Brian Bilbray (R-Calif.) offered an amendment to reallocate $150 million of the bill’s funding to provide grant money for assisting states in conforming to the REAL ID Act of 2005. The REAL ID Act requires all states to issue standardized driver’s licenses that would serve as national ID cards. It was supposed to go into effect three years after the enactment of the act, but because of resistance from the states, the deadline has been extended to 2010 for states that request an extension. Once enacted, a federal agency would not be allowed to accept for any official purpose a driver’s license or ID card issued by a state that fails to meet the act’s requirements. The House rejected the Bilbray amendment by a vote of 155-268 (Roll Call 479) on June 15,
2007. The act would effectively create a national ID card.

Marsha Blackburn voted FOR this bill.
(Source: The New American – December 10, 2007)

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance.

This bill (S. 1927) would allow warrantless electronic surveillance (eavesdropping) of targets outside the United States regardless of whether they are communicating with someone within the United States. This surveillance had been conducted illegally by the CIA. Under this legislation, communications companies would be required to comply with surveillance requests and would be provided lawsuit protections. The House passed S. 1927 by a vote of 227-183 (Roll Call 836) on August 4, 2007. Warrantless surveillance of American citizens is a violation of the Fourth Amendment provision against “unreasonable searches and seizures.” Although the bill includes a sunset provision causing it to expire after six months, President Bush has already called for making the bill permanent.

Marsha Blackburn voted FOR this bill.
(Source: The New American – December 10, 2007)


Thought Crimes.

This bill (H.R. 1955), known as the “Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007,” could more aptly be titled the “Thought Crimes Act.” The bill would establish a National Commission on the Prevention of Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism and establish a grant program to prevent radicalization in the United States. However, critics charge that the bill is a thinly disguised attempt to criminalize dissent, based on the bill’s vague and open-ended language that could be used to trample basic rights to free speech and assembly, and turn legitimate dissent into thought crimes. For instance, the bill defines “violent radicalization” as “the process of adopting or promoting an extremist belief system for the purpose of facilitating ideologically based violence to advance political, religious, or
social change.” The bill does not define either “extremist belief system” or “facilitating ideologically based violence.” The bill also states that “the Internet has aided in facilitating violent radicalization, ideologically based violence, and the homegrown terrorism process in the United States by providing access to broad and constant streams of terrorist-related propaganda to United States citizens.” The House passed H.R. 1955 by
a vote of 404-6 (Roll Call 993) on October 23, 2007. The bill threatens legitimate dissent.

Marsha Blackburn voted FOR this bill.
(Source: The New American – December 10, 2007)


Warrantless Searches.

H.R. 6304, the bill to revamp the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), would allow warrantless electronic surveillance, including monitoring telephone conversations and e-mails, of foreign targets, including those communicating with American citizens in the United States. The final version of the bill would not explicitly grant immunity to telecommunications companies that have assisted President Bush’s warrantless surveillance program. But it would require courts to dismiss lawsuits against such companies if there is “substantial evidence” they were insured in writing the program was legal and authorized by the president. The provision would almost certainly result in the dismissal of the lawsuits. The House passed H.R. 6304 on June 20, 2008 by a vote of 293-129 (Roll Call 437). Warrantless searches are a violation of the Fourth Amendment, which protects Americans against unreasonable searches and seizures, and requires that any searches be conducted only upon issuance of a warrant under conditions of probable cause. Moreover, Article I, Section 9 of the Constitution forbids “ex post facto laws” — laws having a retroactive effect.

Marsha Blackburn voted FOR this bill.
(Source: The New American – October 27, 2008)


Employee Verification Program.

H.R. 6633 would reauthorize the EVerify (Internet-based) pilot employment eligibility verification program allowing employers to verify employment eligibility of new hires. The program is administered by the Department of Homeland Security, which would be required to provide funding to the Social Security Administration for checking Social Security numbers submitted by employers under the program. The House passed the bill on July 31, 2008 by a vote of 407-2 (Roll Call 557). Social Security numbers were not intended to be used and should not be used as the basis for a national ID database. An alternative measure (H.R. 5515) would have the screening for employment eligibility verification provided by stateadministered
private companies that already track employee verification for child-support enforcement.

Marsha Blackburn voted FOR this bill.
(Source: The New American – October 27, 2008)
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Body Imaging Screening.

During consideration of the Transportation Security Administration Authorization bill (H.R. 2200), Rep. Jason Chaffetz (RUtah) offered an amendment that would prohibit the use of Whole-Body Imaging (WBI) as the primary method of screening at airports. The amendment would allow passengers the option of a patdown search rather than being subjected to a WBI search that shows extremely intimate details of one’s body. The Chaffetz amendment would also prohibit TSA from storing, copying, or transferring any images that are produced by WBI machines. Since its creation, TSA has become infamous for its meddlesome searches and disregard for an individual’s right of privacy. Evidence shows that corruption and
mismanagement have been commonplace within the relatively new federal department for years. The Chaffetz amendment would do very little to scale back the power held by the TSA, but it does offer some hope that our representatives are not wholly unaware of how the TSA and its policies would threaten the privacy of American citizens through a process that has been called a “virtual strip-search.” The House adopted the Chaffetz amendment by a “Committee of the Whole” on June 4, 2009, by a vote of 310-118 (Roll Call 305). Such technology is obtrusive for American citizens and violates our right of protection against unwarranted searches and seizures.

Marsha Blackburn voted AGAINST this bill.
(Source: The New American – July 20, 2009)

Marsha Blackburn wants to put a “Radio Frequency Identification Device” (RFID) in your animals.

Defunding the NAIS.

Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) introduced this amendment to the fiscal 2007 agriculture appropriations (H.R.

5384). Paul’s amendment would bar the use of funds in the bill to implement the National Animal

Identification System (NAIS), a government program that would electronically track farm cattle and

poultry in hopes of preventing the spread of disease. Writing about the program, Paul stated, “NAIS means

more government, more regulations, more fees, more federal spending, less privacy, and diminished

property rights.” The House rejected Paul’s amendment on May 23, 2006, by a vote of 34-389 (Roll Call

184).

Marsha Blackburn Voted AGAINST this bill.

109-3 (Source: The New American, July 10, 2006)

Marsha Blackburn has voted to reauthorize the Patriot Act which in essence makes any ordinary American citizen a terrorist.

Patriot Act Reauthorization.

In the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Congress passed the so-called Patriot Act, which gave law enforcement and intelligence agencies vast new powers to combat terrorism. The act expanded the list of crimes deemed terrorist acts; increased the ability of law enforcement to secretly search homes and business records; expanded the FBI’s wiretapping and surveillance authority; and provided for nationwide jurisdiction for search
warrants and electronic surveillance devices, including the legal extension of those devices to e-mail and the Internet. The bill included a “sunset” provision under which the new surveillance powers “shall cease to have effect on December 31, 2005.” The Patriot Act reauthorization bill (H.R. 3199) considered by the current Congress would make permanent 14 of the 16 provisions set to expire at the end of this year and extend for 10 years the remaining two provisions. The House passed the reauthorization on July 21, 2005 by a vote of 257-171 (Roll Call 414).

Marsha Blackburn Voted FOR this bill.
109-2 (Source: The New American, December 12, 2005)

Patriot Act Reauthorization.

This is the final version (conference report) of the Patriot Act reauthorization (H.R. 3199). In the weeks following the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Congress quickly passed the so-called Patriot Act, which gave law enforcement and intelligence agencies vast new powers to combat terrorism. The act increased the ability of law enforcement to secretly search home and business records, expanded the FBI’s wiretapping and surveillance authority, and expanded the list of crimes deemed terrorist acts. When passed in 2001 the bill included a “sunset” provision under which the new surveillance powers “shall cease to have effect on December 21, 2005.” The Patriot Act reauthorization bill (H.R. 3199) considered by Congress last year would make permanent 14 of the 16 provisions included in the bill, and extend for four years the two remaining provisions. The House passed the final version of the bill to reauthorize the Patriot Act on December 14, 2005 by a vote of 251-174 (Roll Call 627).

Marsha Blackburn Voted FOR this bill.
109-3 (Source: The New American, July 10, 2006)


Patriot Act Without Reforms, Passes House.

An extension of the Patriot Act with no reforms of its abusive powers of unreasonable search and seizure against American citizens has passed the House of Representatives. The vote was 315 in favor of extending the Patriot Act without reform, 97 against, and 20 not voting.

Search for information about the roll call of this vote online tonight, and you’ll just find this nameless tally of numbers. You won’t find the names. Why?

The reason is that the House Democratic leadership voted on the renewal of the Patriot Act in such a way as to hide the vote from the American people. Go to the web site of the Clerk of the House, and you’ll see no vote from today about the Patriot Act at all. What you will see is Roll Call 67, “On Motion to Concur in Senate Amendments” for H.R. 3961, the Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act.

That’s the vote on whether to extend the Patriot Act without any reforms of its abusive spying programs. It doesn’t look like it, of course, but the Patriot Act extension is what’s referred to by “Senate Amendments”. The Senate Democrats sneaked the Patriot Act extension into a Medicare reform bill, and then voted by voice vote to approve the amendment so that no politician would have to have their name attached to this shameless abandonment of liberty. The House Democrats benefited from the maneuver as well, being able to vote on unnamed amendments related to Medicare reform, rather than having it on the record for everyone to see that they voted to renew the worst abuses of the Patriot Act without any effort to protect Americans from their spying powers at all.

Marsha Blackburn Voted FOR this bill.
(Source "Irregular Times" )

Military Tribunals.

This bill (H.R. 6166) would authorize a new system of military tribunals to try persons designated “unlawful enemy combatants” by the president. The bill defines an unlawful enemy combatant to include a person who “has purposely and materially supported hostilities against the United States or its cobelligerents.” Once designated an unlawful enemy combatant, a defendant’s rights would be curtailed: he would be denied the right of habeas corpus; he could be detained indefinitely; and evidence obtained through coercion could be used against him — so long as the coercion falls outside the administration’s definition of torture. Critics of the tribunals bill are planning to file suit in order to test the constitutionality of the legislation. This legislation was in response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s June 29 ruling on the case of Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, which declared that the administration’s current system for trying military detainees was unconstitutional. The House passed the military tribunals bill on September 27, 2006 by a
vote of 253-168 (Roll Call 491). This bill would curtail defendant rights. The Senate passed this legislation the following day.

Marsha Blackburn voted FOR this bill.
(Source: The New American - October 30, 2006)

Marsha Blackburn has been consistently voting to send your hard earned income overseas with various Foreign Aid deals.

Foreign Aid.

This appropriations bill (H.R. 3057) would provide $20.3 billion for U.S. foreign aid programs in fiscal

2006. The House passed the foreign aid bill on June 28, 2005 by a vote of 393-32 (Roll Call 335).

Marsha Blackburn Voted FOR this bill.

109-2 (Source: The New American, December 12, 2005)

Foreign Aid.

The final version (conference report) of this appropriations bill (H.R. 3057) would provide $21 billion for

U.S. foreign aid programs in fiscal 2006. The House passed the final version of this legislation on

November 4, 2005 by a vote of 358-39 (Roll Call 569).

Marsha Blackburn Voted FOR this bill.

109-3 (Source: The New American, July 10, 2006)

Foreign Aid.

The fiscal 2007 foreign aid appropriations bill (H.R. 5522) would authorize $21.3 billion for foreign

operations and economic assistance in fiscal 2007. Though foreign aid is supposed to help the poor and

suffering in other countries, it instead has served to prop up economically deficient socialist regimes and to

transfer wealth from American taxpayers to third-world elites. The House passed H.R. 5522 on June 9,

2006 by a vote of 373-34 (Roll Call 250). Foreign aid is unconstitutional and unworkable.

Marsha Blackburn Voted FOR this bill.

(Source: The New American - October 30, 2006)

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Agriculture Appropriations.

This bill (H.R. 2673) would appropriate $77.5 billion for agriculture, rural development and nutrition programs in fiscal 2004. Over half of the money appropriated by this “agriculture” bill is earmarked for socalled mandatory spending on nutrition programs, including $28 billion for food stamps and $16 billion for school lunch and other nutrition programs. Total spending for traditional agricultural programs is $26.8 billion, a 5 percent increase. The House passed H.R. 2673 on July 14, 2003 by a vote of 347 to 64 (Roll Call 358).

Marsha Blackburn Voted FOR this bill.
108-2 (Source: The New American, December 29, 2003)


Agriculture Appropriations.

This bill (H.R. 4766) would appropriate $83.7 billion for agriculture, rural development, and nutrition programs in fiscal 2005. Over half ($50.2 billion) of the funding in the so- called agriculture appropriations bill would be for domestic food and nutrition programs, including $33.6 billion for the food stamp program and $11.3 billion for child nutrition programs. Another $27 billion would be for agriculture programs, including $16.5 billion for the Commodity Credit Corporation. The House passed H.R. 4766 on July 13, 2004 by a vote of 389 to 31 (Roll Call 370).

Marsha Blackburn Voted FOR this bill.
108-4 (Source: The New American, November 1, 2004)

Farm Bill (Veto Override).

H.R. 6124 would authorize the nation’s farm programs for the next five years, including crop subsidies and nutrition programs. The final version of the legislation provides $289 billion for these programs, including a $10.4 billion boost in spending for nutrition programs such as food stamps. After this legislation was vetoed by President Bush, the House passed the bill over the president’s veto on June 18, 2008 by a vote of 317-109 (Roll Call 417). A two-thirds majority vote is required to override a presidential veto. Federal aid to farmers and federal food aid to individuals are not authorized by the Constitution.

Marsha Blackburn voted FOR this bill.
(Source: The New American – October 27, 2008)