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<div> </div><div><h1>Amash Amendment gains support</h1><div><span>Posted on</span> <a title="11:56 am" href="http://www.districtdispatch.org/2013/07/amash-amendment-gains-support/" rel="bookmark"><span><font color="#0066cc">July 24, 2013</font></span></a> <span><span>by</span> <span><a title="View all posts by Lynne Bradley" href="http://www.districtdispatch.org/author/lynne-bradley/" rel="author"><font color="#0066cc">Lynne Bradley</font></a></span> </span><span><span>|</span> <a title="Comment on Amash Amendment gains support" href="http://www.districtdispatch.org/2013/07/amash-amendment-gains-support/#respond"><font color="#0066cc">Leave a comment</font></a></span> </div>
<div><div id="attachment_11073" style="width:510px"><p>Rep. Justin Amash. Photo by Gage Skidmore.</p></div><p><strong>Update, 3:45pm EST: It looks like the amendment will make it to the House floor around 6:30pm EST. Please keep calling until then. You can find talking points and calling info at the <a href="http://capwiz.com/ala/callalert/index.tt?alertid=62783871"><font color="#0066cc">Legislative Action Center</font></a>. Your calls are incredibly important! Thanks to all those who have taken action. </strong></p>
<p>Several key civil liberties organizations have announced their support for the Amash Amendment, new legislation introduced by Rep. Justin Amash (R-MI) that would stop funding the National Security Agency’s (NSA) warrantless surveillance programs. The legislation would amend the Defense Appropriations Bill so that the NSA could only use USA PATRIOT Act Section 215 orders to collect phone records on individuals who are the subject of a terrorism or espionage investigation. Congressman John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) co-sponsored the amendment.</p>
<p>(<a href="http://capwiz.com/ala/callalert/index.tt?alertid=62783871"><font color="#0066cc">You can act now to put a stop to warrantless surveillance</font></a>)</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.accessnow.org/blog/2013/07/23/access-supports-proposed-u.s.-amendment-limiting-nsa-metadata-collection"><font color="#0066cc">ACCESS </font></a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.aclu.org/national-security-technology-and-liberty/myths-and-facts-re-sec-215-domestic-call-tracking"><font color="#0066cc">ACLU Myths /Facts on Section 215 </font></a></li><li><a href="https://www.aclu.org/national-security-technology-and-liberty/aclu-letter-house-urging-yes-amash-conyers-amendment-stop"><font color="#0066cc">American Civil Liberties Union</font></a></li>
<li><a href="http://policynotes.arl.org/post/56329428541/arl-supports-amash-conyers-amendment-to-end-bulk"><font color="#0066cc">Association of Research Libraries</font></a></li><li><a href="http://www.constitutioncampaign.org/blog/?p=14356."><font color="#0066cc">Bill of Rights Defense Committee</font></a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.campaignforliberty.org/national-blog/action-alert-mondays-victory-and-todays-opportunity/"><font color="#0066cc">Campaign for Liberty</font></a></li><li><a href="https://www.cdt.org/pr_statement/cdt-supports-amashconyers-amendment-would-prevent-bulk-collection-phone-metadata"><font color="#0066cc">Center for Democracy and Technology</font></a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.cnss.org/resources.php/140/memorandum-re-amash-conyers-amendment-to-defense-appropriations-to-stop-bulk-collection-of-americans"><font color="#0066cc">Center For National Security Studies</font></a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.downsizedc.org/blog/important-update-you-can-still-take-action-on-nsa-egypt-and-syria"><font color="#0066cc">DownsizeDC</font></a></li><li><a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/07/tomorrow-congress-votes-amendment-defund-spying-heres-how-you-can-help"><font color="#0066cc">Electronic Frontier Foundation</font></a></li>
</ul><p>To lend your support for the Amash Amendment, go to the <a href="http://capwiz.com/ala/callalert/index.tt?alertid=62783871."><font color="#0066cc">Legislative Action Center</font></a></p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.districtdispatch.org/2013/07/amash-amendment-gains-support/">http://www.districtdispatch.org/2013/07/amash-amendment-gains-support/</a></p>
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