In addition to the Irony Rich statements coming from the Whitehouse, they are attacking this from another front http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130723/013613

In addition to the Irony Rich statements coming from the Whitehouse, they are attacking this from another front http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130723/01361323896/dueling-house-amendments-over-cutting-nsa-surveillance-funding-one-is-red-herring-to-trick-congress.shtml http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130723/01361323896/duelin... The Nugent amendment while sounding very similar is probably meant to gut the "real changes" Amash amendment by splitting the votes. Sneaky ..very sneaky