The Monster Isn't Dead Yet...
Dec. 22nd, 2005 12:24 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
redneckgaijin... Senate leadership have agreed to pass a 6-month extension of the USA-PATRIOT Act. It will be passed by the full Senate at 4 PM EST today.
http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/12/21/patriot.act/index.html
Despite Bush's claims that he'll veto anything less than a permanent reauthorization, well, he's never vetoed anything in five years as President, and he never saw expanded power and reduced supervision he didn't like. He'll sign it.
Fellow civil libertarians, it's time to puke all that champagne you drank back up and put it back in the bottle...
*EDIT 4 PM EST* - James Sensenbrenner, chair of the House Judicial Committee, is threatening to block the Senate compromise; he's currently in negotiations, with rumors of a 3-month extension and yet another Senate and House vote possible.
http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/12/21/patriot.act/index.html
Despite Bush's claims that he'll veto anything less than a permanent reauthorization, well, he's never vetoed anything in five years as President, and he never saw expanded power and reduced supervision he didn't like. He'll sign it.
Fellow civil libertarians, it's time to puke all that champagne you drank back up and put it back in the bottle...
*EDIT 4 PM EST* - James Sensenbrenner, chair of the House Judicial Committee, is threatening to block the Senate compromise; he's currently in negotiations, with rumors of a 3-month extension and yet another Senate and House vote possible.
