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House Sends Patriot Act Extension To Obama
The U.S. House passed an extension of the Patriot Act Thursday and sent it to the president.
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WASHINGTON (February 25, 2010)—By a vote of 315 to 97, the U.S. House Thursday evening passed a one-year extension of key provisions of the USA Patriot Act, the nation's counterterrorism surveillance law.
The bill now goes to President Barack Obama for his signature.
The act’s surveillance and seizure provisions are scheduled to expire Sunday.
In agreeing to pass the bill, Democrats retreated from adding new privacy protections.
The outcome was a major disappointment for Democrats and their liberal allies, including the American Civil Liberties Union.
Critics believe the Patriot Act fails to protect privacy and gives the government too much authority to spy on Americans and seize their property.
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Posted by: hadnuff
on Feb 25, 2010 at 10:07 PM
major disappointment for Democrats and their liberal allies? they are the ones (dems) that passed the extension so why so sad? aren't the dems the ones that had fits and condemned Bush when he signed it, but yet the same bunch that were against it pass it again... go figure. typical democrat mentality.
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