Patriot Act extension fails in the House by seven votes - Washington Post, Paul Kane & Felicia Sonmez:
February 8, 2011 - "House Republicans suffered an embarrassing setback Tuesday when they fell seven votes short of extending provisions of the Patriot Act, a vote that served as the first small uprising of the party's tea-party bloc.
"The bill to reauthorize key parts of the counter-terrorism surveillance law, which expire at the end of the month, required a super-majority to pass under special rules reserved for non-controversial measures.
"But it fell short of the required two-thirds after 26 Republicans bucked their leadership, eight of them freshman lawmakers elected in November's midterm elections. With most Democrats opposing the extension, the final tally was 277 members in favor of extension, and 148 opposed."
February 8, 2011 - "House Republicans suffered an embarrassing setback Tuesday when they fell seven votes short of extending provisions of the Patriot Act, a vote that served as the first small uprising of the party's tea-party bloc.
"The bill to reauthorize key parts of the counter-terrorism surveillance law, which expire at the end of the month, required a super-majority to pass under special rules reserved for non-controversial measures.
"But it fell short of the required two-thirds after 26 Republicans bucked their leadership, eight of them freshman lawmakers elected in November's midterm elections. With most Democrats opposing the extension, the final tally was 277 members in favor of extension, and 148 opposed."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/08/AR2011020806345.html
UPDATE: House approves Patriot Act extension, sending it to Obama - Washington Post, Felicia Sonmez, Feb. 17:
"The House on Thursday passed a 90-day extension of key provisions of the Patriot Act counterterrorism surveillance law.... The measure passed on a vote of 279 to 143.... Thursday's vote was nearly identical to the initial vote in the House last week, when 277 lawmakers backed the measure and 148 opposed it."
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2011/02/house-approves-short-term-exte.html
UPDATE: House approves Patriot Act extension, sending it to Obama - Washington Post, Felicia Sonmez, Feb. 17:
"The House on Thursday passed a 90-day extension of key provisions of the Patriot Act counterterrorism surveillance law.... The measure passed on a vote of 279 to 143.... Thursday's vote was nearly identical to the initial vote in the House last week, when 277 lawmakers backed the measure and 148 opposed it."
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2011/02/house-approves-short-term-exte.html
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