Tag: Patriot Act

Chris Coons Votes Against the Patriot Act Extension

Filed in Delaware by on May 28, 2011 17 Comments

Senator Coons asked the Senate to limit the extension of the Patriot Act to one month so that the Senate could seriously review and revise the law to reflect current lessons learned to scale back some of the broad authorities granted to government under the original Patriot Act.

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PATRIOT Act Reauthorization Fails House Vote

Filed in National by on February 8, 2011 3 Comments

The PATRIOT Act renewal was blocked in the House. Twenty-six Reoublicans (including 8 GOP freshman) voted against reauthorization.

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More Wanking — Patriot Act Edition

Filed in National by on May 9, 2009 9 Comments

If you’ve made your way around the blogosphere this week, you’ve seen some of the tale of the 16-year old who has been nabbed from his mother’s house by jack-booted Feds, sent off to another state, and otherwise mistreated as a result of the Patriot Act.  It is enough to make you take up your […]

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