Russ Feingold will always have major points for this in my book. Only senator to vote against the 'Patriot Act'.

I was just curious because I'd never heard or thought about who voted for the Patriot Act. I don't even know who Feingold is but he gets points in my book now too.

If anyone else is interested, here is the actual vote: https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1...

Along the same lines, folks interested in this will also like learning about Rep. Barbara Lee, the only person in Congress to vote against the 2001 Authorized Use of Military Force after 9/11.

> She "warned her colleagues to be 'careful not to embark on an open-ended war with neither an exit strategy nor a focused target'". https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Lee#AUMF_opposition

The Radiolab podcast episode is IMO the best way to hear the telling. The link is to their re-release, which has a bit extra at the end IIRC. https://radiolab.org/episodes/60-words-20-years