- S. 1959: Violent Radicalization And Homegrown
- Terrorism Prevention Act Of 2007
- http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=s110-1959
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- S.1959 ACTION
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- Text of Bill
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- A bill to establish the National Commission on the Prevention
of Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism, and for other purposes.
Senate in session this Friday.
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your two US Senators.
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- Overview
- Floor Speeches
- Other Info
- Bill Status
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- Sponsor:
- Sen. Susan Collins [R-ME]show cosponsors (1) Cosponsors
[as of 2007-10-21]
- Sen. Norm Coleman [R-MN]
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- Cosponsorship information sometimes is out of date. Why?
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- Bill Text: Full Text Status: Introduced Aug 2, 2007 Voted
on in House - Signed by President -
- This bill is in the first step in the legislative process.
Introduced bills go first to committees that deliberate, investigate, and
revise them before they go to general debate. The majority of bills never
make it out of committee. [Last Updated: Oct 20, 2007]
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- Last Action:
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- Aug 2, 2007: Read twice and referred to the Committee
on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Show All Related Votes Committee
Assignments
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- This bill is in the first stage of the legislative process
where the bill is considered in committee and may undergo significant changes
in markup sessions. The bill has been referred to the following committees:
Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
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- Related Legislation Other Bills with the Same Title
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- The list below shows legislation in this and previous
sessions of Congress that had the same title as this bill. Note that bills
may have multiple titles. Often bills are incorporated into other omnibus
bills, and you may be able to track the status of provisions of this bill
by looking for an omnibus bill below.
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- 110th Congress: H.R. 1955 (Status: Passed House (Bipartisan
support.))
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- S.1959 began in the House, of course, as HR 1955 and
passed overwhelmingly to move it on to the Senate.
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- Among the 404 House members who voted for HR 1955 Oct.
23 (SEE roll call 993) were the entire Oregon delegation!
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- Among the only 6 "nays," however, were Dems:
Kucinich,
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- Abercrombie, and Costello (Repubs wee Duncan, Flake,
Rohrabacher).
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- Among the 22 "no-votes" were:
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- Dems: Carson, Conyers, Cooper, Davis, E. B. Johnson,
Moore (KS), Reyes, Sherman, Wilson (OH), and Woolsey.
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- Repugs: Barrett, Bilbray, Bishop (UT), Cubin, Tom Davis,
Feeney, Hunter, Issa, Jindal, McKeon, and Peterson (PA).
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- History of this "Quicky" bill that had no mainstream
media coverage:
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- 4/19 Hoppered by Jane Harman with 14 co-sponsors (HJC
Dem member Zoe Lofgren among them).
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- Referred to House Homeland Security committee #65533;
and HJC.
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- 5/7 HHSC kicks it down to subcommittee on Intelligence,
Infomation Sharing, and Terrorism Risk Assessment.
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- 6/25 HJC kicks it to subcommitte on Courts, Internet,
Intellectual Property (ahem!!!)
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- 7/17 SIISTSA holds hearings; considers it, does mark-up
session, votes it out of subcommittee to HHSC.
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- 8/1 HHSC mulls it, does markup, votes it out of committee
HJC also votes it out of committee
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- 10/16 Calendared for House debate/vote
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- 10/23 11:05 a.m. Bennie Thompson (one of 14 co-sponsors)
moves to suspend rules/pass bill.
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- 10/23 11:45 a.m., debate ends (!), chair announces postponement
of vote (lunch).
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- 10/23 5:06 p.m., vote is 404 - 6; motion to reconsider
tabled (apparently by voice vote)
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- 10/24 Sent to Senate and referred to its committtee on
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
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- BUT, in the meantime over in the Senate, Maine's Susan
Collins (R) and Norm Coleman (R) were busy. On Aug. 2, she hoppered the
bill we're concerned with (S 1959) as a joint effort with Harman in the
House. (Coleman is listed as the only co-sponsor).
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- Members of the Senate HSGA committee should evoke a colletive
groan.
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- If you know voting records of, say, freshman Tester,
e.g., and reactionary Landrieu), you'll groan. We know how Lieberman will
vote.
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- And among Republicans, the bill's dynamic duo of Collins/Coleman
are in the group. It'll be whipped through this committee perhaps with
even greater speed and whom can we count among the other Senate Dems to
filibuster, table this jumped-up Alien & Sedition Act that despite
its sop ("any measure...should not violate the constitutional rights,
civil rights and civil liberties of U.S. citizerns and lawful permanent
residents").
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- Now's the time to think about joining the ACLU ($10 per
month) and/or lining up an ACLU lawyer. And raise a hue and cry against
this bill.
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- Democrats:
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- * Joseph I. Lieberman (I Conn.), Ranking Member
- * Carl Levin (Mich.) Chair
- * Daniel Akaka (Hawaii)
- * Thomas R. Carper (Del.)
- * Mark Pryor (Ark.)
- * Mary Landrieu (La.)
- * Barack Obama (Ill.)
- * Claire McCaskill (Mo.)
- * Jon Tester (Mont.)
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- Republicans:
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- * Susan M. Collins (Maine), Ranking Member
- * Ted Stevens (Alaska)
- * George Voinovich (Ohio)
- * Tom Coburn (Okla.)
- * Norm Coleman (Minn.)
- * Pete Domenici (N.M.)
- * John Warner (Va.)
- * John E. Sununu (N.H.)
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