Thursday, December 22, 2005

House OKs One-Month Patriot Act Extension - Yahoo! News
What the f.....? Senate Republicans fought to get it six months and Sensenbrenner knocks it down to a month?

WASHINGTON - The House passed a one-month extension of the Patriot Act on Thursday and sent it to the Senate for final action as Congress scrambled to prevent expiration of anti-terror law enforcement provisions on Dec. 31.

Approval came on a voice vote in a nearly empty chamber, after Rep. James Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, refused to agree to a six-month extension the Senate cleared several hours earlier.

House passage marked the latest step in a stalemate that first pitted Republicans against Democrats in the Senate, then turned into an intramural GOP dispute.

It was not clear when the Senate would act on the one-month bill, but approval was possible by evening.

Either there is something going on with the Repubs that I'm not seeing, or someone is going to get taken to the woodshed for a little ass-whuppin' later...