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Just wait. If there is any hope for passage at all, there will be dozens of BS riders and twists added to grab votes before it gets anywhere.

Is there support for it in both houses though? They reauthorize the patriot act every time for two decades.

Doubt so. There is a very strong Trump faction now dominating Republican house. Pelosi waning and Diane dead. We now have AOC faction. It is going to be very dysfunctional 2024-2026.

What Diane did was an embarrassing endcap to such a long and distinguished career. She should have retired years ago, not die clinging to power, barely able to function as a Senator.

Patriot Act expired in December 2020. It was not reauthorized by Congress. Trump threatening a veto might have influenced it though.

Unfortunately rational narrow bills that benefit ordinary citizens rarely make it out of committee. But it _is_ nice to see the effort.

Remember it. Its the very last time this bill will look anything like this.

Soon it will be filled with horse shit, by clowns, that will make it unpassable.