USA PATRIOT Act
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GOP reiterates health care displeasure...2009 11:21 am ET Just wondering about the 5 minute Patriot Act vote no one read that but that passed and yes we lost rights but it was okay cause it was REpublican, ugh can I tell you how much I dislike the GnOP brian in denver In this article: Republican Party, Mike Crapo, Barack Obama, Tax, Medicare, Unemployment, Little Rock, and New Orleans |
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Congressional Quarterly: Politics | October 30, 2009
Lieberman Signs Onto GOP's Focused Renewal of Patriot Act Provisions
Lieberman Signs Onto GOP's Focused Renewal of Patriot Act Provisions The chairman of the Senate Homeland Security Committee joined two top Republicans on Thursday in introducing a bill to reauthorize expiring anti-terrorism authorities.
In this article: Patriot Act, Joseph I. Lieberman, Patrick J. Leahy, Dianne Feinstein, GOP, Christopher S. Bond, Jeff Sessions, and Senate Judiciary Committee
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The Kentucky Kernel | November 02, 2009
Republicans need more centered focus
...are going to win big elections in the years to come. She supported both wars and the Patriot Act, she works hard for veterans and law enforcement and is as proponent of small business. However, she is not afraid to support gay rights, talk...
In this article: Olympia Snowe, Republican Party, George W. Bush, Small business, Barack Obama, Washington, DC., Small government, and Patriot Act
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Daily Kos | November 06, 2009
Republican Priorities
Republican Priorities Why do they hate America? When it's a choice between strengthening the Patriot Act, or showing up for the Tea Party Patriots, what's a GOP lawmaker to do? We'll give you one guess... Several Republican members of...
In this article: Patriot Act, Louie Gohmert, Michele Bachmann, Texas, and GOP
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Who Runs Gov | October 26, 2009
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...on spending and civil- liberties issues. He opposed George W. Bush's No Child Left Behind Act and the renewal of the USA Patriot Act, which increased government surveillance powers following Sept. 11. National Journal, Almanac of American...
In this article: Roscoe Bartlett, National Journal, University of Maryland, Maryland, U.S., Small business, The Baltimore Sun, No Child Left Behind Act, and Johns Hopkins University
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Associated Press: Congress | November 05, 2009
Liberal lawmakers defy Obama on Patriot Act
...law enforcement and intelligence agencies in fighting terrorism. The legislation would allow the Patriot Act's never-used "lone wolf" section to expire at the end of the year. The provision permits the government to spy on non-Americans even...
In this article: FBI, Justice Department, Gag order, All rights reserved, and GOP
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St. Petersburg Times | August 12, 2009
Arlen Specter with a tan
...policy they don't like. For all you Republicans screaming that the health care reform is socialism I ask where the hell were you when the Republican Party was ramming the Patriot Act down our thoughts? This is the same group that...
In this article: Charlie Crist, Republican Party, Saul Alinsky, Tax, George H. W. Bush, Arlen Specter, Ku Klux Klan, Florida, and Barack Obama
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Salon | October 09, 2009
Read the bill! -- but slowly
...24-hour standard on some of the most major pieces of legislation, including the Military Commissions Act, the Secure Fence Act, the PATRIOT Act, the Medicare prescription drug benefit and President Bush's second tax cut. Responding to...
In this article: Michelle Bachmann, John Boehner, GOP, Nancy Pelosi, Arlen Specter, Democracy, Medicare, Military Commissions Act, Patriot Act, and Secure Fence Act
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CNSNews.com Headlines | September 25, 2009
It's Not Personal
...recent years. It was big-government Republican strategy. Where Bush acted conservatively, by cutting taxes, pressing for free trade and passing the PATRIOT Act, for example, he succeeded. Those measures boosted the economy and helped protect...
In this article: George W. Bush, Republican Party, Matt Latimer, Tim Kaine, Creigh Deeds, Karl Rove, Big government, Conservatism, Jonathan Chait, and Virginia
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Roll Call | March 15, 2009
GOP Hopes to Keep PATRIOT Act Provisions Alive
GOP Hopes to Keep PATRIOT Act Provisions Alive March 12, 2009, 1:22 p.m. House Republican leaders are lining up behind legislation that would extend a mix of wiretapping and spying provisions set to expire this year under the USA PATRIOT...
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The USA PATRIOT Act, commonly known as the Patriot Act, is a controversial Act of Congress that U.S. President George W. Bush signed into law on October 26, 2001. The contrived acronym stands for "Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001" (Public Law ).
The act expands the authority of U.S. law enforcement agencies for the stated purpose of fighting terrorism in the United States and abroad. Among its provisions, the Act increases the ability of law enforcement agencies to search telephone, e-mail communications, medical, financial and other records; eases restrictions on foreign intelligence gathering within the United States; expands the Secretary of the Treasury’s authority to regulate financial transactions, particularly those involving foreign individuals and entities; and enhances the discretion of law enforcement and immigration authorities in detaining and deporting immigrants suspected of terrorism-related acts. The act also expands the definition of terrorism to include domestic terrorism, thus enlarging the number of activities to which the USA Patriot Act’s expanded law enforcement powers can be applied.
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