| Dear 5849376, Last week, the House narrowly voted down an amendment that would have reined in the NSA's indiscriminate practice of collecting the phone call records of all Americans. The amendment, sponsored by Republican Jason Amash and progressive champion John Conyers, brought together a coalition of unlikely bedfellows from across the political spectrum, all united in opposition to the PATRIOT Act's unconstitutional intrusion into the lives of Americans suspected of no wrongdoing. There is something fundamentally un-American and deeply undemocratic about this kind of government surveillance. Yet your member of Congress, Tom Latham, voted to continue allowing the NSA to spy on us. Call Rep. Latham and and tell him that you will hold him accountable for his vote on the Amash/Conyers amendment. Click here for the number to call and a sample script. The vote last week was the first chance for members of the House to respond to the recent, shocking revelations about NSA spying. Despite the White House and Republican Leadership doing everything they could to stop it -- including holding an emergency, classified members-only briefing after it became clear the amendment would be voted on -- the Amash/Conyers amendment only lost by 12 votes. While we lost this vote, we will continue to build on this result. And if we play our cards right, this is a fight we can win. But in order to emerge stronger, we need to speak out now to make sure that the members who voted the wrong way hear from constituents who will hold them accountable for their betrayal of our constitutional rights. Call Rep. Latham and and tell him that you will hold him accountable for his vote on the Amash/Conyers amendment. Click here for the number to call and a sample script. http://act.credoaction.com/go/1333?t=6&akid=8505.3291973.A40tk4 Thank you for standing up for our civil liberties. Matt Lockshin, Campaign Manager
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