The following people (and their colleagues in the House) deserve for their current terms to be their final ones based exclusively on their “yes” vote for HR6304. Whether motivated by laziness, cowardice, corruption, contempt for the Constitution, government aggrandizement or some combination these people have disgraced themselves and are unworthy of the offices they hold. This particular vote is so important because in addition to its gutting of the rule of law, contempt for the Fourth Amendment and further establishment of a separate tier of justice for the sufficiently moneyed it is symbolic of the shoddy work that has characterized Congress for several years now. (Note: Kennedy, McCain and Sessions were not present. Kennedy is not on the list because he missed it for medical reasons. The other two are included because if you really think they were opposed to it you may be a candidate for brain surgery yourself.) The HTML for this table is available...
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