The amendment to the roughly $600 billion Department of Defense Appropriations Act of 2014 would have ended authority for the once-secret spy program the White House insists is necessary to protect national security. The amendment was proposed by Rep. Justin Amash (R-Michigan), one of dozens considered. Rep. Mike Rogers, in urging a no vote, said Passing this amendment takes us back to September 10 The White House says the government collects phone records without suspicion of every American of the United States.”]