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PATRIOT ACT
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2005 04:56:23 -0500
Begin forwarded message: 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 ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as lists-ip () insecure org To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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