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[Good for them. --CGE]<br>
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Posted at 8:00 PM ET, 02/ 8/2011<br>
GOP freshmen help derail Patriot Act extension<br>
By Scott Butterworth<br>
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Nine House Republican freshmen and three inaugural members of the
Tea Party Caucus voted against a proposed extension of three Patriot
Act provisions Tuesday night, helping block the measure from passage
under fast-track rules.<br>
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The House clearly backed the measure, voting 277 to 148 to extend
the provisions, and most Republicans stuck by their leadership and
supported the extension. But enough defected, joined by most
Democrats, to keep the measure from receiving the two-thirds
majority required for passage under the fast-track procedure.<br>
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The House is likely to bring the extensions back up before the end
of the month under regular procedures, when a simple majority would
suffice to send it to the Senate.<br>
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Attention immediately swung to whether House members sympathetic to
the tea party had decided the matter, especially after Rep. Dennis
J. Kucinich (D-Ohio) said Monday that the vote would be "the tea
party's first test."<br>
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The Republicans who voted no Tuesday night included Roscoe G.
Bartlett (Md.), Paul Broun (Ga.) and Walter B. Jones (N.C.), all of
whom were original members of the House Tea Party Caucus when it was
founded last summer.<br>
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And nine GOP freshmen also voted no: Justin Amash (Mich.), Michael
G. Fitzpatrick (Pa.), Christopher P. Gibson (N.Y.), Tom Graves
(Ga.), Randy Hultgren (Ill.), Raul R. Labrador (Idaho), Robert
Schilling (Ill.), David Schweikert (Ariz.) and Rob Woodall (Ga.).<br>
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The full list of House Republicans who voted no:<br>
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Justin Amash (Mich.), Roscoe G. Bartlett (Md.), Rob Bishop (Utah),
Paul Broun (Ga.), John Campbell (Calif.), John J. Duncan Jr.
(Tenn.), Michael G. Fitzpatrick (Pa.), Christopher P. Gibson (N.Y.),
Tom Graves (Ga.) Dean Heller (Nev.), Randy Hultgren (Ill.), <u><b>Timothy
V. Johnson (Ill.)</b></u>, Walter B. Jones (N.C.), Jack Kingston
(Ga.), Raul R. Labrador (Idaho), Connie Mack (Fla.), Kenny Marchant
(Tex.), Tom McClintock (Calif.), Ron Paul (Tex.), Denny Rehberg
(Mont.), Phil Roe (Tenn.), Dana Rohrabacher (Calif.), Robert
Schilling (Ill.), David Schweikert (Ariz.), Rob Woodall (Ga.), Don
Young (Alaska).<br>
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