everettForth
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Comment · 11 years ago
The Senate is going to meet May 31st to prevent the shut down from happening. This was their most successful vote on Saturday. 57 out of 60 votes needed. http://politics.nytimes.com/congress/votes/114/senate/1/194
Notice all Democrat Senators voted for it. They are going to spend all this week trying to bring over 3 more Senators by offering to add amendments to the bill.
The time to act is now, not May 31st minutes before the vote. Does anyone know how to reach out to Senators and let them know that we want them to let section 215 of the Patriot Act to expire, and not to vote for USA Freedom Act simply because a few new amendments might be added in the next week?
Comment · 11 years ago
All the Democrat Senators voted in favor. Why do the Democrats want NSA bulk spying?http://politics.nytimes.com/congress/votes/114/senate/1/194
Comment · 11 years ago
Here's a live webcast of the senate floor.
http://www.senate.gov/floor/
Comment · 11 years ago
The Senate is holding an unusual weekend vote tomorrow to extend section 215 of the Patriot Act 2 more months. If that vote fails, NSA bulk spying on U.S. citizens is illegal on June 1st.
Here's how senators have voted in the past. http://www.nationaljournal.com/politics/patriot-act-reauthor...
Comment · 11 years ago
This is all assuming that we don't have a space elevator.
tldr; it costs a lot of money to launch mass into space.
Sending 1 pound of water into space costs $50,000. This is more than the price of gold on earth. A space elevator changes the economics dramatically.
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