Today, at 5:30pm, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell will hold a vote, hoping to get 60 Senators to agree to close debate on the same Act. But together with our allies in the Senate, he’s under heavy pressure, and he may not get there. Your call now to 202-224-3121 demanding your senators votes NO on cloture may make the difference to a wavering Senator, and will pile the pressure on.
Author: Alex Marthews
Yesterday, on an hour or two’s notice, the Rules Committee of the House introduced and voted out a new bill renewing the government’s most controversial PATRIOT Act powers. Rep. Warren Davidson (R-OH) described the bill as originating with a “coalition of intel hawks and some centrist Republicans and Democrats”. It is significantly weaker than the […]