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Topic: CIVIL RIGHTS
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Patriot Act Reauthorization
Vote Faces Potential Filibuster
The House of Representatives has passed legislation to reauthorize expiring provisions of the Patriot Act without including needed safeguards to protect the privacy and constitutional freedoms of innocent Americans.
But the fight is not over: The bill now sits before the Senate, where there is a strong bipartisan push to restore civil rights protections to the Patriot Act. Several Senators have threatened to filibuster the reauthorization bill unless real reforms are included.
The bill currently before the Senate would:
? ALLOW AGENTS TO OBTAIN PERSONAL RECORDS WITHOUT REQUIRING ANY CONNECTION BETWEEN RECORDS SOUGHT AND SUSPECTED TERRORISTS
? MAKE IT NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO OVERTURN NATIONAL SECURITY LETTER GAG ORDERS
? EXTEND NEARLY ALL PATRIOT ACT POWERS PERMANENTLY, AND EXTEND FOR FOUR MORE YEARS KEY SURVEILLANCE POWERS
For more about the latest Patriot Act proposals, read an ACLU summary of key problems with the draft legislation.
More than 400 local communities and seven states have passed resolutions calling for Patriot Act reform.
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