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From: bentway	5/21/2015 12:31:29 PM
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The Patriot Act's Last Defenders A determined band of Senate hawks faces the White House, the House, and public opinion. nationaljournal.com BY ALEX ROGERS May 20, 2015 On one side are the president, the public, a recent appellate-court decision, and an overwhelming bipartisan majority of the House. On the other is a cast of Senate Republican hawks, pushing for the federal government to continue the bulk collection of phone-call records from millions of Americans. While their clout has diminished since the devastating Edward Snowden leaks— as recently as 2011, the majority of Democratic senators joined Republicans in reauthorizing key provisions of the Patriot Act —these senators' actions have thrown into doubt the outcome of a bill to reform the National Security Agency with only days to spare before a drop-dead deadline at the end of the month. Driving that strategy are Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Senate Intelligence Chairman Richard Burr, and a handful of others. Their ranks include Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas, a freshman Republican who voted for a version of the reform bill—known as the USA Freedom Act—last year but has since come out strongly in favor of the NSA's authorities due in part to "hours and hours" spent with members of the intelligence community and increased access to information as a new member of the Intelligence Committee.....

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