Patriot Act Extension Fails in House by Seven Votes (washingtonpost.com)
February 8, 2011 12:00 am
Bipartisan effort defeats House Republicans’ bill to extend three notorious PATRIOT Act provisions, which are set to expire later this month.
More: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/08/AR201102…
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