PATRIOT ACT

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Sarah Lai Stirland <stirland () gmail com>
Date: December 14, 2005 9:37:23 PM EST
To: dave () farber net
Subject: PATRIOT ACT

Hi Dave, I thought your readers would be interested in this latest
development regarding the PATRIOT Act debate, which is getting down to
the wire here in DC. I've also included a couple of "Dear Colleague"
letters that were sent around today.

regards,

sls

http://www.sarahstirland.com

        
On The Hill
Senate Leadership Poised To Limit PATRIOT Act Debate
by Sarah Lai Stirland

     Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist on Wednesday said he planned to
limit debate on the conference report on legislation to reauthorize 14
expiring provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act, when that report arrives
from the House.
     The Senate should receive the report later Wednesday, as the
House approved the conference report 251-174 this afternoon. House
Judiciary Committee ranking member John Conyers, D-Mich., had urged
members instead to approve a three-month extension of the current law
so they could further negotiate over its most controversial
provisions.
     A fiery debate over the legislation in the House began around 1
p.m., with members of both parties divided over the issue. Republicans
added firepower to their argument by publicizing on the House floor
and through press conferences on Wednesday afternoon provisions in the
2001 anti-terrorism law addressing the unrelated issue of penalties
and restrictions on the sale and use of materials used to cook the
addictive drug methamphetamine. The drug-related provisions have the
support of many Democrats, as well as the chairmen of the House Energy
and Commerce and Judiciary committees.
     Several senators were still deciding whether they would vote for
cloture. A spokesman for Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., said Wednesday that
the senator is throwing his support behind Sen. John Sununu, R-N.H.,
and several of his Republican and Democratic colleagues in voting
against cloture on Friday. Meanwhile, David Snap, a spokesman for
George Allen, R-Va., said Allen had decided within the past 24 hours
that he would vote to restrict debate. Snap said the current
conference report addresses Allen's concerns about judicial review of
the more controversial provisions of the legislation.

...

more at: http://www.technologydaily.com


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