House Renews Patriot Act, But Senate Could Balk
An AP newswire article, via MSNBC, reports that:
The House easily approved renewing a modified USA Patriot Act on Wednesday, but with the bill facing a Senate filibuster, its Republican leader began talks with the White House on instead extending the current law unchanged for a year.
The House voted 251-174 to approve a House-Senate compromise that would modify and make permanent most of the Patriot Act’s 16 expiring provisions. But a group of Republican and Democratic senators is lobbying for more time to add additional safeguards on the law.
posted by Fergie @ 12/14/2005 12:13:00 PM
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