With a 227-183 vote, the House of Representatives approved an update to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, allowing more surveillance of potential terrorism activity. The Guardian reported:

The House handed President Bush a victory Saturday, voting to expand the government’s abilities to eavesdrop without warrants on foreign suspects whose communications pass through the United States.

The 227-183 vote, which followed the Senate’s approval Friday, sends the bill to Bush for his signature. He had urged Congress to approve it, saying Saturday, “Protecting America is our most solemn obligation.”…

The bill updates the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, known as FISA. It gives the government leeway to intercept, without warrants, communications between foreigners that are routed through equipment in United States, provided that “foreign intelligence information” is at stake. Bush describes the effort as an anti-terrorist program, but the bill is not limited to terror suspects and could have wider applications, some lawmakers said.

Not long after Congress voted to protect the United States from terrorism, Kos Kids began crying that this was the “death of the Bill of Rights”.

Democrats are attempting to show that they’re tough on terror and serious about our national security. However, it should be noted that they didn’t give the President more power to protect us, willingly. Even the Liberal New York Times chose to use the word “grudgingly” to describe how Democrats passed this legislation. It was a political decision – not a decision to protect America.