GOP struggles for PATRIOT Act votes

[Modbert]

GOP struggles for PATRIOT Act votes - John Bresnahan and Jake Sherman - POLITICO.com

House Republican leaders are aggressively lobbying rank-and-file GOP lawmakers to pass a long-term extension of the Patriot Act, a Bush-era anti-terrorism law that has already provided Republicans with an embarrassing defeat early in their majority.

A high-profile test looms Thursday when the House Judiciary Committee takes up the legislation and the internal debate among Republicans reveals that the 90-day extension passed in February hasn’t mollified all concerns among some conservatives about the domestic surveillance laws.

Republican leaders have had to play up the death of Osama bin Laden — and fears of retaliation by Al Qaeda following the May 1 U.S. raid that killed him — as reasons for extending the controversial legislation, arguing that American counterterrorism experts need the authority granted them under the Patriot Act in order to thwart any plots against the U.S.

The six-year extension was offered by Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.), a senior member of the Judiciary panel, with backing from Reps. Lamar Smith (R-Texas) and Mike Rogers (R-Mich.), the chairmen of the Judiciary and Intelligence committees, respectively.

Here's hoping it fails.

 

[chikenwing]

I agree,never thought it was a good idea,everyone makes mistakes,good intentions or not,the act was bad law period.

 

[Yurt]

obama will have to try harder to convince his fellow dems to support the extension

 

[rightwinger]

Time to kill the Patriot act. It was only supposed to be emergency powers to combat a temporary threat. Ten years is too long

I never trusted anything that had to be named the "Patriot Act" in order to get passed

 

[RetiredGySgt]

GOP struggles for PATRIOT Act votes - John Bresnahan and Jake Sherman - POLITICO.com

House Republican leaders are aggressively lobbying rank-and-file GOP lawmakers to pass a long-term extension of the Patriot Act, a Bush-era anti-terrorism law that has already provided Republicans with an embarrassing defeat early in their majority.

A high-profile test looms Thursday when the House Judiciary Committee takes up the legislation and the internal debate among Republicans reveals that the 90-day extension passed in February hasn’t mollified all concerns among some conservatives about the domestic surveillance laws.

Republican leaders have had to play up the death of Osama bin Laden — and fears of retaliation by Al Qaeda following the May 1 U.S. raid that killed him — as reasons for extending the controversial legislation, arguing that American counterterrorism experts need the authority granted them under the Patriot Act in order to thwart any plots against the U.S.

The six-year extension was offered by Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.), a senior member of the Judiciary panel, with backing from Reps. Lamar Smith (R-Texas) and Mike Rogers (R-Mich.), the chairmen of the Judiciary and Intelligence committees, respectively.

Here's hoping it fails.

You are aware the Democrats easily passed it twice while in power?

 

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GOP struggles for PATRIOT Act votes - John Bresnahan and Jake Sherman - POLITICO.com

House Republican leaders are aggressively lobbying rank-and-file GOP lawmakers to pass a long-term extension of the Patriot Act, a Bush-era anti-terrorism law that has already provided Republicans with an embarrassing defeat early in their majority.

A high-profile test looms Thursday when the House Judiciary Committee takes up the legislation and the internal debate among Republicans reveals that the 90-day extension passed in February hasn’t mollified all concerns among some conservatives about the domestic surveillance laws.

The six-year extension was offered by Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.), a senior member of the Judiciary panel, with backing from Reps. Lamar Smith (R-Texas) and Mike Rogers (R-Mich.), the chairmen of the Judiciary and Intelligence committees, respectively.

Here's hoping it fails.

You are aware the Democrats easily passed it twice while in power?

what difference does that make?

it's a piece of antiamerican crap and should be shitcanned.

 

[sinister59]

GOP struggles for PATRIOT Act votes - John Bresnahan and Jake Sherman - POLITICO.com

House Republican leaders are aggressively lobbying rank-and-file GOP lawmakers to pass a long-term extension of the Patriot Act, a Bush-era anti-terrorism law that has already provided Republicans with an embarrassing defeat early in their majority.

A high-profile test looms Thursday when the House Judiciary Committee takes up the legislation and the internal debate among Republicans reveals that the 90-day extension passed in February hasn’t mollified all concerns among some conservatives about the domestic surveillance laws.

Republican leaders have had to play up the death of Osama bin Laden — and fears of retaliation by Al Qaeda following the May 1 U.S. raid that killed him — as reasons for extending the controversial legislation, arguing that American counterterrorism experts need the authority granted them under the Patriot Act in order to thwart any plots against the U.S.

The six-year extension was offered by Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.), a senior member of the Judiciary panel, with backing from Reps. Lamar Smith (R-Texas) and Mike Rogers (R-Mich.), the chairmen of the Judiciary and Intelligence committees, respectively.

Here's hoping it fails.

but the gop is for smaller government , isn't it ?

 

[Mr.Nick]

The GOP struggles??

Are you serious? Obama renewed the fucking thing.

I opposed it then and I oppose it now.

The MAJORITY of average "Joe six-pack" republicans oppose that bullshit...

 

[bripat9643]

Time to kill the Patriot act. It was only supposed to be emergency powers to combat a temporary threat. Ten years is too long

I never trusted anything that had to be named the "Patriot Act" in order to get passed

Nothing Democrats call "affordable" should be passed either.

 

[Zander]

.... time to kill it.