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Something incredible is happening: Congress will likely vote tomorrow on whether to extend the worst abuses of the PATRIOT Act – and it looks like civil liberties advocates like you and me might actually win the vote and sunset section 215 of the PATRIOT Act!
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has called for votes on two different bills that would reauthorize section 215 of the PATRIOT Act. We must defeat both of them and force a sunset on June 1.
One bill is Sen. McConnell’s two-month “clean” extension of PATRIOT Act section 215. The other bill is the USA FREEDOM Act, a dangerous fake-reform bill backed by our spy agencies that will reauthorize section 215 of the PATRIOT Act for more than four years.
Nobody expected this to happen. But a filibuster on Wednesday by Rand Paul forced Majority Leader McConnell to delay a vote on the PATRIOT Act at least until Saturday.
Because the House just left for recess yesterday, and may not be in session to consider bills until after the PATRIOT Act expires on June 1, this means that it may be possible to sunset some of the worst abuses of the PATRIOT Act.
The choice is clear and simple: Senators are either for mass surveillance or they’re against reauthorization of the PATRIOT Act in any form including the USA FREEDOM Act.We’re about to see whether our senators are going to side with the Constitution and the American people or with our nation’s unaccountable and out-of-control surveillance agencies. Please make a call today and urge yours to let the PATRIOT Act expire.
Call the Senate: Sunset the PATRIOT Act expire. Click the link below for a sample script and the number to call:
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