Great Moments in Autopen History [Timelines] Congress beats deadline approves extension of Patriot Act OKs provisions Obama Signs Extension Provisions Came Down To The Wire extensions 2001 President Bush signs autopens into law 2 senators win promise a hearing House Extends Key Antiterror clears hurdle faces objections expiring Editorial Fix or don’t extend it with autopen hits GOP resistance gets Paul blocks over gun rule Senate the way for Tempers flare on floor

Minutes before midnight, after a landslide House vote of 250-153, President Obama signed legislation backing a four-year extension on the controversial USA PATRIOT Act. (Did you know that's an acronym for Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism? Now you do.) Yay, habeas corpus denials, warrantless searches and carte blanche wiretapping! Four more years! Four more years! More » WASHINGTON - With just hours to spare before a midnight deadline, Congress passed and sent to President Barack Obama a four-year extension of three critical terrorism-fighting powers, including powers to conduct roving wiretaps and examine business records in pursuit of terrorists. Racing against the clock, Congress approved on Thursday a four-year extension to key provisions of the Patriot Act that continue the ability of federal investigators to use aggressive surveillance tactics in connection with suspected terrorists. Beating midnight deadline, President Obama 'autopens' four-year extension of the Patriot Act from the G-8 in France * **Victory for Freshman Sen. Rand Paul** * **Late Vote Keeps Bachmann From Iowa Dinner** * **YOU DECIDE: ** **Have Feds Gone Too Far in Anti-Terror Laws?** Congress scrambled to renew three controversial provisions of the anti-terror Patriot Act that otherwise would have expired at midnight Thursday. Minutes before that deadline, President Obama was awakened in France; there he ordered an automated signing into law of the four-year extension. President Obama, who is attending a summit in France, directed the use of an autopen late Thursday to sign key provisions of the Patriot Act that were to expire at midnight. In 2001, President George W. Bush signs the Patriot Act into law. President authorizes use of machine to put his name on legislation extending anti-terror surveillance powers Two Democratic senators won the promise Thursday of a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing into what they say is a secret and expansive Justice Department interpretation of the information collection the Patriot Act allows. House approves 10-month extension of key anti-terror provisions of Patriot Act (By LAURIE KELLMAN, Associated Press) The Senate has advanced a four-year extension of the Patriot Act, the controversial law that governs the search for terrorists on American soil. Lawmakers voted 74-8 to debate the legislation this week. Three provisions expire on Friday unless the House and Senate agree to renew them. WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The U.S. House followed the Senate on Thursday in voting to extend three key provisions of the Patriot Act scheduled to expire at midnight, sending the measure to President Barack Obama to be signed into law. Crucial votes on extending the USA Patriot Act could happen as soon as Wednesday in both houses of Congress. The current extension of the act, passed three months ago, expires May 27. The act originally was passed by Congress in the wake of the 9/11... Congress on Thursday passed a four-year extension of post-Sept. 11 powers to search records and conduct roving wiretaps in pursuit of terrorists. Votes taken in rapid succession in the Senate and House came after lawmakers rejected attempts to temper the law enforcement powers to ensure that individual liberties are not abused. Many tea party stalwarts wary of privacy violations WASHINGTON -- The House yesterday gave final approval to a three-month extension of expanded police powers to fight terrorism under the Patriot Act. President Obama is expected to sign the bill before the Feb. 28 expiration of provisions that allow roving wiretaps; spying on non-American "lone-wolf" terror suspects; and court-approved... Sen. Rand Paul has been blocking the renewal of key provisions in an enhanced surveillance law — enacted after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks — because of a dispute with the Senate's Democratic leader over gun rights. More Rand Paul News Over fervent but scattered objections, the Senate voted by a wide margin Thursday to extend the government's Patriot Act powers to search records and conduct roving wiretaps in pursuit of terrorists. The action comes a month after intelligence and military forces hunted down Osama bin Laden. Facing a midnight deadline ... In a rare public display of political and personal acrimony, freshman Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky squared off Wednesday with the powerful Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. Tempers flared on the Senate floor over how many amendments Paul could offer to a measure extending the main...
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