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There are many aspects of Patriot Act that were made permanent with its first passage.
There are sixteen provisions of the Patriot Act that had a sunset clause and will expire December the 31st.
FYI...there is not a single Senator (with the possible exception of 1) that is not in favor of the Patriot Act. There are some Senators that believe some...if not all...of the 16 provisions...need to be modified in one way or another.
The Republicans thus far are demanding that these 16 provisions be made permanent...as is.
It is a typical political power play between the two parties. Ultimately I suspect the Republicans will (instead of allowing the 16 provisions to sunset) will agreed to negotiate modification of some...if not all...of the 16 provisions.
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