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House Votes to Extend the PATRIOT Act, Bill Now Moves to the Senate

February 15, 2011 - by Donny Shaw

As expected, by a 275-144 vote, the House of Representatives has passed a 10-month, unmodified extension of the most controversial surveillance provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act by a simple majority vote. The House had failed to pass the bill last week when the Republican leadership tried to push it through quickly under a procedure that limited debate and amendments, but required a 2/3rds majority to pass. In the end, 65 Democrats and 210 Republicans voted in favor, sending the bill to the Senate where it's likely to be approved quickly so it can be signed into law before the provisions expire. 

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