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Previously:

Rep. Vicky Hartzler (r): the black helicopters will be dropping microchip infested toasters on us (April 8, 2012)

Representative Vicky Hartzler (r) [file photo].

On July 24th Representative Vicky Hartzler (r) voted to defeat an amendment which would have dialed back on NSA surveillance of American citizens’ phone records.

Lawmakers Who Upheld NSA Phone Spying Received Double the Defense Industry Cash

By David Kravets

07.26.13

4:14 PM

The numbers tell the story – in votes and dollars. On Wednesday, the house voted 217 to 205 not to rein in the NSA’s phone-spying dragnet. It turns out that those 217 “no” voters received twice as much campaign financing from the defense and intelligence industry as the 205 “yes” voters….

….The House voted 205-217 Wednesday and defeated an amendment to the roughly $600 billion Department of Defense Appropriations Act of 2014 that would have ended authority for the once-secret spy program the White House insisted was necessary to protect national security….

The House vote (a “no” vote is to continue the NSA program):

FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL 412

     H R 2397      RECORDED VOTE      24-Jul-2013      6:51 PM

     AUTHOR(S):  Amash of Michigan Amendment No. 100

     QUESTION:  On Agreeing to the Amendment

—- AYES    205 —

Clay

Cleaver

Smith (MO)

—- NOES    217 —

Graves (MO)

Hartzler

Long

Luetkemeyer

Wagner

—- NOT VOTING    12 —

[emphasis added]

It all depends on who is doing the spying, eh?