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House Votes to Extend Patriot Act for
Nine Months
Bill Still Needs to Be Reconciled With Senate
Version
by Jason Ditz, February 14, 2011
The House of Representatives’ failed attempt to “fast track” the
extension of the Patriot Act failed last week for lack of a
supermajority,
but was still able to pass readily in the normal manner today, with much
the same voting as the last time.
Indeed last week’s 26 Republican opponents still remained in place, and
were joined by an additional freshmen GOP
congressman, Rep.
Richard Hanna (R – NY), who didn’t vote either way in the previous
vote. This was overcome however by two additional Democratic
supporters.
Though much of Congress supports the act,
the
freshmen Congressmen were enough to sway what everyone had assumed was
an easy “fast track” vote into a narrow defeat, and officials seemed
relieved to have finally passed the nine month extension.
But the passage in the
House still needs to be reconciled with the Senate, which is debating
amongst three separate versions, which are longer-term extensions
than the House version. One of the versions, being pushed by Senator
Grassley, would make the provisions eternal and without
oversight.
http://news.antiwar.com/2011/02/14/house-votes-to-extend-patriot-act-for-nine-months/
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