Posted on 05/30/2015 5:54:05 AM PDT by NRx
More than four years ago, Congress passed, and President Obama signed, the Patriot Sunsets Extension Act of 2011.
Since that day, May 26, 2011, its been known that key provisions of our nations counterterrorism surveillance programs are set to expire this June 1.
That is why Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), Rep. John Conyers Jr. (D-Mich.), Sen. Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.) and I worked diligently on a bipartisan and bicameral basis to produce the USA Freedom Act.
As with any legislation, the USA Freedom Act is not perfect. It does end the bulk collection of phone records and other data by our nations intelligence agencies, but it also represents compromises by the intelligence community and civil libertarians. The bill is the product of thousands of hours of work.
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I have a simple rule of thumb: if Obama, McConnell, and Boehner are for it, I'm against it.
My thinking exactly. And I feel so sorry for Mr. Lee that he had to work so hard. Thousands of hours of work on this bill alone. Oh, boo-freeaking-who. By the second day in DC they turn into frauds.
Yep. The present government overreach got imposed on us bit by bit, Those who think we are going to roll it back any other way short of a bloody revolution are naive or bloodthirsty.
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