Senate to Take Up Spy Bill as Parts of Patriot Act Expire

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Posted on AllSides June 1, 2015

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The Senate will reconvene at midday on Monday to consider changes to a House bill that would curtail the government’s authority to sweep up vast quantities of telephone records after the program, which began after the 2001 terrorist attacks, expired at 12:01 a.m.

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