Patriot Act: Six Month Extension, Conference Report Dead
After a day of haggling, filibustering Senators have agreed to extend the Patriot Act for six months while they continue to press for more protection of civil liberties. The bill has to be approved by the full Senate, the full House and then Bush. [Update: The Associated Press reports the full Senate has passed the extension bill.]
Sen. Russ Feingold says in a statement tonight (received by e-mail)
One thing is clear - what happened in the Senate over the past few weeks shows that this conference report is dead."
At least it also puts Souder's Sensenbrenner's meth bill restricting the sale of cold pills on hold. We can sneeze without fear.
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