"I Will Do Everything I Can, Including A Filibuster, To Stop This Patriot Act"...

Associated Press JESSE J. HOLLAND December 8, 2005 at 01:20 PM
From cbsnews.com

House and Senate negotiators reached an agreement Thursday to extend the USA Patriot Act, the government's premier anti-terrorism law, before it expires at the end of the month. But a Democratic senator threatened a filibuster to block the compromise.

"I will do everything I can, including a filibuster, to stop this Patriot Act conference report, which does not include adequate safeguards to protect our constitutional freedoms," said Sen.
Russ Feingold (news, bio, voting record), D-Wis., who was the only senator to vote against the original version of the Patriot Act.

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