I’m genuinely shocked
According to this article in the New York Times, the Senate actually failed to end debate on the renewal of the PATRIOT Act today, leaving open the possibility that no action will be taken before the bill expires on December 31. Responses from the bills supporters were, of course, unsurprising. From the article: Another supporter of the bill, Senator Jon Kyl, Republican of Arizona, asserted that if the Patriot Act had been in place before Sept.