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The handful of Senators who seemed to kill key provisions of the Patriot Act this week have changed their minds. They will now vote to extend the expiring provisions for six months, according Michelle Malkin and Katherine Lopez (NRO).
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There’s good news this week. The Senate has extended the Patriot Act for another 6 months (and I think Congress did so for an extra month)

By a voice vote, the Senate approved a six month extension of the Patriot Act (the Act, and a number of its provisions, is controversial in some circles). Senator Specter I believe took the lead in this. Even Republican Senator

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After I went to bed last night, a deal was apparently made on the Patriot Act:

Senators on Wednesday agreed to extend the expiring provisions of the USA Patriot Act for six months to allow the bill’s critics to continue to seek additional civil liberty

Senate Renews Patriot Act WASHINGTON — Late Wednesday evening, senators struck a deal that will fully reauthorize the Patriot Act in its current form for six months and give lawmakers the chance to revisit controversial portions of the act that

News at Stop the ACLU. Round-up at Michelle’s. Why did McCain switch sides? CAPTAIN ED asks some good questions: Speaking of putting things off, why did the Senate and the House wait until the very last minute to get this…

Does anybody else find it odd that Congress is working this close to Christmas? I think so. But Stop The ACLU points out that the Patriot Act has been extended another six months. I’ve already said pretty much all I…

… step by step, issue after issue, item by item, the Democratic Left (along with a few “wobbly” Republicans), all of whom fail to comprehend the magnitude of the threat to the U.S. from Islamofascist terrorists, continue to act against the …

A deal preserving the expiring portions of the terror-fighting USA Patriot Act may be in the works,

WASHINGTON – Senators on Wednesday agreed to extend the expiring provisions of the USA Patriot Act for six months to allow the bill’s critics to continue to seek additional civil liberty safeguards in the anti-terrorism law. The deal, if passed …

The cohesion came after a full day of negotiation among President Bush and Senate Republican leaders who support renewal and Democrats and moderate GOPers who oppose the act in its negotiated form.