Patriot Act News: Congress Sends Extension to President, will expire Feb. 3

Thursday, December 22, 2005

Congress Sends Extension to President, will expire Feb. 3

Excerpt from the LA Times

The chairman of the House Judiciary Committee refused Thursday to accept a Senate decision to extend expiring provisions of the Patriot Act for six months, giving his approval only to a much shorter five-week extension.The shorter extension passed by voice vote in a near-empty House and by unanimous consent hours later in the Senate, with just one lawmaker -- Sen. John Warner, R-Va., who lives nearby -- present. It effectively puts off until late January a showdown over the controversial legislation, which was quickly passed in the weeks after the Sept. 11 attacks to grant law enforcement sweeping new powers to investigate terrorism.

If the president, as expected, signs the extension, it will expire Feb. 3.

Read the full article here:
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-congress23dec23,1,3893390.story?coll=la-headlines-nation

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