The House of Representatives has renewed the USA PATRIOT Act.
From the article:
"Congress has until Feb. 28 to extend the expiring provisions of law enacted after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
"The House voted 275-144 to continue the provisions through Dec. 8. The Senate is expected to take up the bill before the end of the month.
"Republican leaders in both the House and Senate want to extend the provisions permanently, and revisiting the issue in December would interject it into the 2012 presidential race. But a permanent extension faces an uphill climb in Congress.
"House leaders were able to overcome opposition only by using a procedure that required a simple majority for passage, rather than the supermajority required last week. More than two dozen Republicans joined Democrats Monday in voting against the short-term extension.
"Sixty-five Democrats voted in favor of the extension, while 117 Democrats and 27 Republicans voted against it.
"The legislation would extend three expiring provisions of the Patriot Act. The so-called library provision allows authorities with a court order to investigate a wide swath of documents, including library records, of terrorism suspects. The roving wire tap allows authorizes to conduct surveillance on suspects when they change phones or locations. The lone-wolf provision allows surveillance of foreigners even if they have no relation to terrorist groups."
It's not how you feel about it that matters. It's that the media STILL are not telling why people are even concerned about it, or whether we need to be.
http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-0214-patriot-act-20110215,0,1585488.story
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