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Comment by yogurtboy

3 days ago

Agreed. Here's the result of the vote, in case anyone notices these representatives running for reelection:

https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1...

It's quite surprising that Bernie didn't vote on that bill considering he was vehemently against the Patriot Act. Disappointing.

  • He was recovering from a heart attack at the time, and remote voting was prohibited.

Wow it's disorienting to see a vote that's not cleanly split across party lines. Things worked differently back then.