Feinstein Amendment rejected 45-55
Senator Feinstein's amendment, which would have limited applicability of the NDAA's detention provisions to terrorism suspects captured abroad, was rejected in a 45-55 vote this afternoon.
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Senator Feinstein's amendment, which would have limited applicability of the NDAA's detention provisions to terrorism suspects captured abroad, was rejected in a 45-55 vote this afternoon. There was a very lengthy debate on the adoption of this amendment yesterday afternoon (read the transcript here) and today.
The full roll call vote is available here.
Seven senators who had rejected the Udall Amendment ended up voting in favor of Senator Feinstein's amendment. Senator Udall had indicated support for the amendment as a viable replacement for his. The converts from the Udall Amendment (which was rejected 38-60) to the Feinstein Amendment were:
Both of the non-voting senators in the Udall amendment (fellow Alaskans Begich and Murkowski) voted against Feinstein's amendment.
| Conrad (D-ND) |
| Hagan (D-NC) |
| Kohl (D-WI) |
| Lee (R-UT) |
| Reed (D-RI) |
| Shaheen (D-NH) |
| Whitehouse (D-RI) |
Raffaela Wakeman is a Senior Director at In-Q-Tel. She started her career at the Brookings Institution, where she spent five years conducting research on national security, election reform, and Congress. During this time she was also the Associate Editor of Lawfare. From there, Raffaela practiced law at the U.S. Department of Defense for four years, advising her clients on privacy and surveillance law, cybersecurity, and foreign liaison relationships. She departed DoD in 2019 to join the Majority Staff of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, where she oversaw the Intelligence Community’s science and technology portfolios, cybersecurity, and surveillance activities. She left HPSCI in May 2021 to join IQT.
Raffaela received her BS and MS in Political Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2009 and her law degree from Georgetown University Law Center in 2015, where she was recognized for her commitment to public service with the Joyce Chiang Memorial Award. While at the Department of Defense, she was the inaugural recipient of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence’s General Counsel Award for exhibiting the highest standards of leadership, professional conduct, and integrity.
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