ssj12 on 09 February 2011
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110209/ap_on_re_us/us_patriot_act
The House on Tuesday failed to extend the life of three surveillance tools that are key to the nation's post-Sept. 11 anti-terror law, a slipup for the new Republican leadership that miscalculated the level of opposition.
The House voted 277-148 to keep the three provisions of the USA Patriot Act on the books until Dec. 8. But Republicans brought up the bill under a special expedited procedure requiring a two-thirds majority, and the vote was seven short of reaching that level.
Finally! this bill needed to be repealed years ago, but it failing to pass worked wonderfully!
