CQ: Patriot Act Conference Agreement Stalls in Senate

CQ Today Midday Update

FRIDAY, DEC. 16, 2005 – 2:27 P.M.
Edited by Joe Warminsky
Patriot Act Conference Agreement Stalls in Senate

A nearly unanimous bloc of Senate Democrats, joined by a handful of Republicans, blocked consideration of a bill Friday that would reauthorize the 16 expiring provisions of the Patriot Act, leaving in limbo the sections of the law that are set to expire Dec. 31....