Momentum growing against Patriot Act

[joefree1]

WASHINGTON TODAY: Momentum growing against Patriot Act, government tries to shore up support

JESSE J. HOLLAND, Associated Press Writer Saturday, August 16, 2003

(08-16) 10:13 PDT WASHINGTON (AP) --
The Sept. 11 attacks convinced Congress that the federal government needed enhanced legal and investigative powers to pursue terrorists.
Yet in the two years since passing the Patriot Act, lawmakers have grown uneasy over Attorney General John Ashcroft's use of the expanded surveillance and detention powers. Not only are they leery of his requests for even greater authority, they are moving to curtail some of the tools they granted in the law.
The House voted last month to prohibit the use of federal funds on "sneak and peek" searches that the law says the government can conduct in criminal investigations without the property owner's or resident's knowledge and with warrants delivered afterward.
"This is the first of a whole group of assaults that we're going to make on the Patriot Act," said Rep. Butch Otter of Idaho, one of the few Republicans who voted against -it two years ago. "It was built in one day, but we're going to have to tear it down piece by piece."
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This and Bustamante ahead in the polls is making my day.

[goobergunch]

1. Here's a bill I want to see

108th Congress

1st Session

H. R. ____

To repeal the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

______ __, 2003

_____________ introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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A BILL

To repeal the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

That Public Law 107-56 is hereby repealed.

[Kolesar]

2. won't have a chance unless they throw in a tax break for the coal industry

[hippiechick]

3. add a PS ... "Ashcroft, you're fired" and it's perfect !

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