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Patriot Act Vote Likely Today

By Jeralyn, Section Legislation
Posted on Wed Mar 01, 2006 at 04:40:08 AM EST
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The Senate is expected to vote today on the Patriot Act renewal legislation . It's a bad bill, and besides Sen. Russ Feingold, no one else is standing up to say so. We don't need:

We need to be vigilant about keeping terror laws and drug laws separate, except in such instances where the two clearly are linked. We already have laws that penalize terrorism and laws that penalize illicit drug activity. There is no need to combine them.

The full text of the compromise bill, as it stood on December 8, is here.

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    Patriot Act Vote Likely Today | 9 comments (9 topical)
    Re: Patriot Act Vote Likely Today (none / 0) (#1)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Tue Feb 28, 2006 at 11:34:57 PM EST
    Is this the start of the brown shirts?

    Re: Patriot Act Vote Likely Today (none / 0) (#2)
    by superskepticalman on Wed Mar 01, 2006 at 04:52:44 AM EST
    No; we're past the origins of the GOP SA; this looks more like the SS. Of course, we haven't had our Nacht der langen Messer yet. Now, if things don't go as planned for the GOP in 2006/2008, then we're really back to somewhere between Munich 1923 and the parliamentary election of 1933. The problem is whether the GOP will find in McCain or whoever succeeds Dubya the same fuhrer that they projected onto, or embraced in, Bush. Then again, Dubya may assert that his inherent powers as president are greater than the 22nd Amendment. And the Weimar United States of America will be at an end: long live the Christianist Republic of America.

    Re: Patriot Act Vote Likely Today (none / 0) (#3)
    by aw on Wed Mar 01, 2006 at 07:56:05 AM EST
    Isn't the FBI already a national police force?

    Re: Patriot Act Vote Likely Today (none / 0) (#4)
    by roy on Wed Mar 01, 2006 at 08:05:38 AM EST
    Isn't the FBI already a national police force?
    The post TL linked to has a lot of comments arguing that the proposed amendments to Section 605 doesn't include "Creation of a Federal Police Force", but may still be a Bad Thing.

    Re: Patriot Act Vote Likely Today (none / 0) (#5)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Wed Mar 01, 2006 at 09:03:55 AM EST
    God I hope Feingold is officially in the 2008 race.

    Re: Patriot Act Vote Likely Today (none / 0) (#6)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Wed Mar 01, 2006 at 09:11:18 AM EST
    The 'special events' to be determined by the President really bothers me.

    Re: Patriot Act Vote Likely Today (none / 0) (#7)
    by narius on Wed Mar 01, 2006 at 08:42:35 PM EST
    First, we already have a national police force, the FBI. Secondly, of course we need one. Otherwise, how do you co-ordinate crime fighting and busting terrorists across states? You can't expect local police to work across multiple states with co-ordination, can you?

    Re: Patriot Act Vote Likely Today (none / 0) (#8)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Thu Mar 02, 2006 at 05:34:51 AM EST
    Able to go anywhere the president calls a special event. No warrant needed to arrest or search. When Democrat leaders are arrested for spreading sedition remember this bill only had several opponents. Most dems are not voicing concerns.

    Re: Patriot Act Vote Likely Today (none / 0) (#9)
    by Johnny on Thu Mar 02, 2006 at 11:14:28 PM EST
    I dunno Narius, how was it done for the last 224 years?

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