#THISisDOMASenate1996

H.R. 3396 (104th): Defense of Marriage Act (On Passage of the Bill)
Sep 10, 1996 (104th Congress)

Democrat Senators voting YEA on passage of DOMA

1. Max Baucus (D-MT)
2. Joseph Biden Jr. (D-DE)
3. Jeff Bingaman (D-NM)
4. John Breaux (D-LA)
5. Robert Byrd (D-WV)
6. Kent Conrad (D-ND)
7. Thomas "Tom" Daschle (D-SD)
8. Christopher Dodd (D-CT)
9. Byron Dorgan (D-ND)
10. Bob Graham (D-FL)
11. Thomas "Tom" Harkin (D-IA)
12. Ernest "Fritz" Hollings (D-SC)
13. Herbert "Herb" Kohl (D-WI)
14. Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ)
15. Patrick Leahy (D-VT)
16. Carl Levin (D-MI)
17. Joseph Lieberman (D-CT)
18. Barbara Mikulski (D-MD)
19. Patty Murray (D-WA)
20. Harry Reid (D-NV)
21. John "Jay" Rockefeller IV (D-WV)
22. Paul Sarbanes (D-MD)
23. Richard Bryan (D-NV)
24. Paul Wellstone (D-MN)
25. William "Bill" Bradley (D-NJ)
26. Dale Bumpers (D-AR)
27. James Exon (D-NE)
28. Wendell Ford (D-KY)
29. John Glenn Jr. (D-OH)
30. Howell Heflin (D-AL)
31. John Johnston Jr. (D-LA)
32. Samuel Nunn (D-GA)

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H.R. 3396 (104th): Defense of Marriage Act (On Passage of the Bill) -- GovTrack.us

#THISisVoterIDKeyna

Civil society and independent media play a critical role in any vibrant democracy. Across sub-Saharan Africa, the United States supports efforts to ensure civil society organizations and independent media can organize, advocate, and raise awareness with governments and the private sector to improve political processes, transparency, and government performance. Examples include:

• In Kenya, the $53 million Yes Youth Can program empowers nearly one million Kenyan youth to use their voices for advocacy in national and local policy-making, while also creating economic opportunities. In advance of Kenya’s March 2013 general elections, Yes Youth Can’s “My ID My Life” campaign helped 500,000 youth obtain National identification cards, a prerequisite to voter registration, and carried out a successful nationwide campaign with Kenyan civic organizations to elicit peace pledges from all presidential aspirants.

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source:
WH applauds use of ID cards for voter registration – in Kenya - BizPac Review
FACT SHEET: U.S. Support for Strengthening Democratic Institutions, Rule of Law, and Human Rights in Sub-Saharan Africa - Whitehouse.gov

#THISisMobRules

When normal democratic procedures would not give the pro-abortion side a win in Texas’ conservative senate, liberal state Sen. Wendy Davis (D-Ft. Worth) filibustered for 13 hours. When that was about to fail because she repeatedly broke the rules, they resorted to mob behavior.

In the end, mob rule delayed procedures enough to kill the bill, for now. It passed, but at 12:03 AM, which was past the deadline by three minutes.

After the legislature determined that the bill had failed due to the hour it passed, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst issued a statement:

• "I am furious about the outcome of the final day of this Special Session, when an unruly, screaming mob using 'Occupy Wall Street' tactics derailed legislation intended to protect the health of Texas women and their babies. An unconscionable series of delaying actions by the minority party and their allies placed SB 5 in direct jeopardy of death-by-filibuster upon its arrival in the Senate. Pushing every parliamentary procedure to its limit, we passed SB 5 19-10, but the deafening roar from the gallery drowned out any possibility of adjourning with a signed bill. I pledge to Texas one thing: this fight is far from over."

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source:
The PJ Tatler » Pro-Abortion Mob Creates Chaos, Preserves Late-Term Abortion in Texas (For Now)

#THISisChicagoStyleFraud

A jury in South Bend, Indiana has found that fraud put President Obama and Hillary Clinton on the presidential primary ballot in Indiana in the 2008 election. Two Democratic political operatives were convicted Thursday night in the illegal scheme after only three hours of deliberations. They were found guilty on all counts.

“This is a bitter sweet moment for free and fair elections," observed Ryan Nees, the Indiana born Yale University senior who first exposed the scheme in the independent political newsletter, Howey Politics Indiana and South Bend Tribune.

Nees previously told Fox News that the fraud was clearly evident, "because page after page of signatures are all in the same handwriting," and that nobody raised any red flags "because election workers in charge of verifying their validity were the same people faking the signatures."

Officials found guilty in Obama, Clinton ballot petition fraud | Fox News:

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#THISisTheFourthAmendment

"The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized." - United States Constitution; Bill of Rights; Fourth Amendment

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Edward Snowden - Source for the Guardian's NSA files on why he carried out the biggest intelligence leak in a generation

"The NSA has built an infrastructure that allows it to intercept almost everything. With this capability, the vast majority of human communications are automatically ingested without targeting. If I wanted to see your emails or your wife's phone, all I have to do is use intercepts. I can get your emails, passwords, phone records, credit cards.

"I don't want to live in a society that does these sort of things … I do not want to live in a world where everything I do and say is recorded. That is not something I am willing to support or live under."

"That the NSA routinely lies in response to congressional inquiries about the scope of surveillance in America. I believe that when [senator Ron] Wyden and [senator Mark] Udall asked about the scale of this, they [the NSA] said it did not have the tools to provide an answer. We do have the tools and I have maps showing where people have been scrutinised most. We collect more digital communications from America than we do from the Russians."

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source:
NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden: 'I do not expect to see home again' | World news | guardian.co.uk