An important update with details on some of the amendments offered. Please keep up the pressure to cut back government significantly. If we reduce spending NOW, maybe the nation can survive…
Posted by Sandra Crosnoe for Finding Gems & Sharing Them
OK-SAFE, Inc. – On Wednesday, July 24, 2013 the U.S. House failed to pass an amendment to the 2014 Defense funding bill that would have ensured none of the funds could be used by the National Security Agency (NSA) to “collect records, including telephone call records that pertain to persons who are not subject to an investigation under Section 215” of the Patriot Act.
The Amash amendment (Amendment #100) to the Department of Defense Appropriations Act of 2014 was defeated on Wednesday July 24th by a vote of 205-217.
The White House and NSA Director General Keith Alexander lobbied Congress heavily to defeat this amendment.
Global Economy – Data Driven
Living in a borderless “global economy” means the end of everything, as we once knew it – nation, law, and boundaries. Those boundaries are not just those within and around a country, state, institution or agency, but personal boundaries…
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