[NormsRevenge]

President Bush speaks about the Patriot Act in Baltimore, Md., Wednesday, July 20, 2005. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

[NormsRevenge]

Rep. John Conyers (news, bio, voting record) of Michigan, the top Democrat on the committee, said that while "I support the majority of the 166 provisions of the Patriot Act," the extensions could lessen accountability. "Ten years is not a sunset; 10 years is semi-permanent," he said.

:-/?

[sinanju]

The silly thing is all the fuss and muss the usual suspects made over the library searches. This should show us just how serious they are.

[Soul Seeker]

Well at least the library searches have a timeframe of 10 years. Better than 2-5 years to assess their value. I was going to reject the bill if searches were ludicrously prohibited of libraries. Guess where all the terrorists would go at that point to gather.

I realize some dislike the Patriot Act. I have no problem with it, so I am heartened by this. Now it's the Senate's term to stop playing games with Guatanomo and step up.

[Ooh-Ah]

Anyone know where to find the breakdown of the vote?

[Doctor Stochastic]

...the nation's main anti-terrorism tool,...

So, perhaps some other laws should be repealed as unnecessary.

[jpsb]

Once again the GOP votes for nigger and badder government. Keep voting GOP for more (much more) of the same.

[drewliberty]

The Patriot Act is stupid and unneeded. If we are not going to arm airline pilots, than I can't possibly see why the Patriot Act exists. It seems to be another way to for government to say it is doing something when it is doing nothing but wasting money, time and energy.

[YaYa123]

This is good news.

[kevao]

Is there anything in the Patriot Act about securing our borders? No? Then why should I feel any safer?