Presidential push fails to quell GOP fear of Patriot Act

Presidential push fails to quell GOP fear of Patriot Act

http://www.hillnews.com/news/051204/patriot.aspx

By Alexander Bolton

"A group of libertarian-minded Republicans in Congress is blocking President Bush’s effort to strengthen domestic counterterrorism laws and reauthorize the USA Patriot Act, which the president has made one of his top domestic priorities this year.

As a result of this opposition, Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.), the chairman of the Judiciary Committee, was forced last week to cancel panel consideration of legislation that would have given law-enforcement officials more tools to pursue suspected terrorists."

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Who is willing to bet, that next year, this un-Constitutional POS will pass, and our elected leaders will say that the public wanted it, so they had to pass it as opposed to upholding their Oath of Office?

Further, the only "libertarian-minded Republican" that I know of, is Representative Ron Paul.

--WP