Yesterday, a bill co-sponsored by Reps. Justin Amash (R-MI) and John
Conyers (D-MI) that would have brought NSA domestic surveillance of U.S.
citizens into rough compliance with the Constitution nearly passed the
House of Representatives in a razor-thin loss.
Ninety-four Republicans and 111 Democrats broke ranks with their
party’s leadership in the losing 205–217 effort (a dozen members didn’t
vote).
Amash—singled out by name by Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) as a “wacko bird” after Sen. Rand Paul’s epic filibuster over the Obama administration’s drone policy—has emerged as the leader of a pack of unapologetically libertarian-leaning Republicans who vote their principles rather than their party. Like Rand Paul—who has worked with liberal Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) and other Democrats on specific issues related to civil liberties—Amash shows that bipartisanship is not only possible but that it doesn’t have to be an exercise in mushy, centrist, logrolling compromise. For Amash, it’s not about splitting the difference between a turd sandwich and a giant douche, it’s about bringing votes to your side by standing up for core beliefs. No wonder GOP leaders have taken to calling Amash and others like him “assholes.”
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/07/25/amash-conyers-and-the-mavericks-fighting-for-your-civil-liberties.html
Amash—singled out by name by Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) as a “wacko bird” after Sen. Rand Paul’s epic filibuster over the Obama administration’s drone policy—has emerged as the leader of a pack of unapologetically libertarian-leaning Republicans who vote their principles rather than their party. Like Rand Paul—who has worked with liberal Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) and other Democrats on specific issues related to civil liberties—Amash shows that bipartisanship is not only possible but that it doesn’t have to be an exercise in mushy, centrist, logrolling compromise. For Amash, it’s not about splitting the difference between a turd sandwich and a giant douche, it’s about bringing votes to your side by standing up for core beliefs. No wonder GOP leaders have taken to calling Amash and others like him “assholes.”
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/07/25/amash-conyers-and-the-mavericks-fighting-for-your-civil-liberties.html
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