CONSERVATIVE ACTION ALERTS 04/18/2013 (5 articles)

House Votes Against Privacy, Passes CISPA Bill  Today the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act — or, CISPA — shamefully passed with 288 yays and 127 nays. Among the 29 Republicans who voted against the bill today, Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie said, “CISPA erodes liberties [and] allowed sharing of people’s private information without consent and without accountability.” Rep. Justin Amash of Michigan, also voting against the Act, said that, “The bill threatens our due process rights protected under the Fourth Amendment and prohibits companies from guaranteeing your privacy.” Read More + Watch Live

Senate will likely pull S. 649  Today the Senate voted on the two amendments that they did not attend to yesterday — the Barasso and Harkin-Alexander amendments. The first of these passed with 67 yays and 30 nays, while the second passed overwhelmingly with 96 yays and 2 nays coming from Senators Mike Lee and Rand Paul. (Sens. Cowan , Lautenberg, and Warren did not vote on either amendment.) The Harkin-Alexander amendment was the “mental health” amendment ... Read More

Obama nominee accused of manipulating and ignoring laws, say Lawmakers  A controversial Democratic Party attorney currently heading an important division of the Justice Department will appear and testify before U.S. Senate’s Labor Committee on Thursday as the latest nominee for a cabinet post in the Obama administration. While most Americans and Beltway insiders focus their attention on the horror and human tragedy of the Boston marathon terror bombings, key congressional leaders released a report and documents highly critical of top Justice Department figure, Thomas Perez, who allegedly “manipulated justice” and “ignored the rule of law,” according to a number of reports and documents made public. Read More

Gay Marriage Could ‘Determine The Future Of The GOP’  The modern primary system for determining presidential nominees we take for granted nowadays began in earnest in the 1970s. For the Republicans, it really started in 1976 when Ronald Reagan challenged President Ford. That year Reagan won 11 states and was the runner-up for the nomination. That’s the same number of states Rick Santorum won in 2012 as the runner-up. However, in a crowded field Santorum also finished second 15 times (Reagan and Ford battled one-on-one). Read More

John Kerry On Benghazi: “We Got A Lot More Important Things To Move On To”  From the House Foreign Affairs Committee, April 17, 2013 ...  Watch Video Clip