Amash Amendment Defeated: The Phone Records of Americans Shall Continue to be Collected by the NSA

The House has defeated a Justin Amash amendment that would have drastically curbed a national-security program that collects the phone records of millions of Americans, after a tense debate.

The Obama administration and House Speaker John Boehner joined forces to reject the amendment to a defense spending bill, 217-205. Boehner, who as speaker rarely votes on the House floor, opposed it as did House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, according to CNN.

Michele Bachmann voted with Boehner and Pelosi.

Fascinating from @freddoso: Mapping vote on @repjustinamash's propsal to limit NSA by congressional district http://t.co/oCD8RW47Bk

— nickgillespie (@nickgillespie) July 25, 2013