Will The U.S. Congress Cancel The Patriot Act Next Year?

Congress Will Kill Patriot Act If Spying Continues, Bill's Author Threatens -- The Hill

The author of the Patriot Act warned on Wednesday that Congress would refuse to reauthorize the law if the National Security Agency continues its vast phone record collection program.

"There are not the votes in the House of Representatives to renew Section 215, and then you're going to lose the business record access provision of the Patriot Act entirely," Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner Jr. (R-Wis.) said during a Judiciary Committee hearing. "It's got to be changed, and you have to change how you operate Section 215 otherwise … you're not going to have it anymore."

The Patriot Act is scheduled to expire at the end of 2015 unless Congress renews it.

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More News On The Possibility That Congress Will Cancel The Patriot Act

Whoa: Watch the PATRIOT Act’s author warn Congress might cancel the spying program -- Washington Post
NSA phone program will expire next year, Patriot Act author says -- Washington Times
NSA Controversy: Top Republican Warns Spying Authority May Expire -- IBTimes

My Comment: Yeah right .... the possibility of the US Congress cancelling the Patriot Act is .... zero.