In light of the New York Times article that takes a closer look at how government surveillance not only violates existing law regarding Americans' privacy, but also has severe logistical issues in the technology age, I decided to post those senators who voted for the amendment that would strike immunity for communications companies who broke the law by handing over phone records without a warrant and those who voted against the amendment.
Voted for the amendment (in other words, do not want immunity for the companies):
Senator Daniel Akaka (D - Hawaii)
Senator Max Baucus (D - Montana)
Senator Joe Biden (D-Delaware)
Senator Jeff Bingaman (D-New Mexico)
Senator Barbara Boxer (D-California)
Senator Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio)
Senator Robert Byrd (D-West Virginia)
Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Washington)
Senator Benjamin Cardin (D-Maryland)
Senator Robert Casey (D-Pennsylvania)
Senator Chris Dodd (D-Connecticut) - Sponsor of the amendment
Senator Byron Dorgan (D-North Dakota)
Senator Richard Durbin (D-Illinois)
Senator Feingold (D-Wisconsin)
Senator Tom Harkin (D-Iowa)
Senator Ted Kennedy (D-Massachusetts)
Senator John Kerry (D-Masschusetts)
Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-Minnesota)
Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-New Jersey)
Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont)
Senator Carl Levin (D-Michigan)
Senator Robert Menendez (D-New Jersey)
Senator Patty Murray (D-Washington)
Senator Barack Obama (D-Illinois)
Senator Jack Reed (D-Rhode Island)
Senator Harry Reid (D-Nevada)
Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont)
Senator Chuck Schumer (D-New York)
Senator Jon Tester (D-Montana)
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-Rhode Island)
Senator Ron Wyden (D-Oregon)
Those who voted against the amendment (in other words, those who want immunity for the phone companies):
Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tennessee)
Senator Wayne Allard (R-Colorado)
Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyoming)
Senator Evan Bayh (D-Indiana)
Senator Bob Bennett (R-Utah)
Senator Kit Bond (R-Montana)
Senator Sam Brownback (R-Kansas)
Senator Jim Bunning (R-Kentucky)
Senator Richard Burr (R-North Carolina)
Senator Thomas Carper (D-Delaware)
Senator Saxby Chambliss (R-Georgia)
Senator Tom Coburn (R-Oklahoma)
Senator Thad Cochran (R-Mississippi)
Senator Norm Coleman (R-Minnesota)
Senator Susan Collins (R-Maine)
Senator Kent Conrad (R-North Dakota)
Senator Bob Corker (R-Tennessee)
Senator John Cornyn (R-Texas)
Senator Larry Craig (R-Idaho)
Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho)
Senator Jim DeMint (R-South Carolina)
Senator Elizabeth Dole (R-North Carolina)
Senator Pete Domenici (R-New Mexico)
Senator John Ensign (R-Nevada)
Senator Mike Enzi (R-Wyoming)
Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-California)
Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa)
Senator Judd Gregg (R-New Hampshire)
Senator Chuck Hagel (R-Nebraska)
Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah)
Senator Kay Bailey Hutchinson (R-Texas)
Senator James Inhofe (R-Oklahoma)
Senator Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii)
Senator Johnny Isakson (R-Georgia)
Senator Tim Johnson (D-South Dakota)
Senator Herb Kohl (D-Wisconsin)
Senator Jon Kyl (R-Arizona)
Senator Mary Landrieu (D-Louisiana)
Senator Joseph Lieberman (ID-Connecticut)
Senator Blanche Lincoln (D-Arkansas)
Senator Richard Lugar (R-Indiana)
Senator Mel Martinez (R-Florida)
Senator John McCain (R-Arizona)
Senator Claire McCaskill (D-Montana)
Senator Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky)
Senator Babara Mikulski (D-Maryland)
Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska)
Senator Bill Nelson (D-Florida)
Senator Ben Nelson (D-Nebraska)
Senator Mark Pryor (D-Arkansas)
Senator Pat Roberts (R-Kansas)
Senator John D. Rockefeller (D-West Virginia)
Senator Ken Salazar (D-Colorado)
Senator Jeff Sessions (R-Alabama)
Senator Richard Shelby (R-Alabama)
Senator Gordon Smith (R-Oregon)
Senator Olympia Snowe (R-Maine)
Senator Arlen Specter (R-Pennsylvania)
Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-Michigan)
Senator Ted Stevens (R-Alaska)
Senator John Sununu (R-New Hampshire)
Senator John Thune (R-South Dakota)
Senator David Vitter (R-Louisiana)
Senator George Voinovich (R-Ohio)
Senator John Warner (R-Virginia)
Senator Jim Webb (D-Virginia)
Senator Roger Wicker (R-Mississippi)
Those senators who felt voting (their main job) was not important:
Senator Hilary Clinton (D-New York)
Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina)
What is interesting here is that Hilary Clinton, who is spouting her stance against the Iraq War seems to feel that voting on a bill about national security (which is directly related to the war) is not that important (the Times article linked in my earlier blog post seems to have incorrectly stated that Obama did not vote).
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