From the New York Times: "The House passed revisions to the broad antiterrorism law known as the USA Patriot Act on Tuesday, clearing the way for President Bush to sign legislation making permanent most of the major provisions of the original 2001 law.
"The bill passed, 280 to 138, with just two more votes than needed under special rules requiring a two-thirds majority. The vote was the last step in a tortuous journey through Congress. The House action approved amendments to a bill revising the original act; the revised bill passed the House last year and was adopted last week by the Senate after having been bottled up there for months."
The final versions of the USA PATRIOT Act Additional Reauthorizing Amendments Act of 2006 (S. 2271), which passed the House on March 7 and was sent to the President today, and the USA PATRIOT and Terrorism Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2005 (H.R. 3199), which passed the Senate on March 2, are available through THOMAS.
Source: Stolberg, Sheryl Gay. "Patriot Act Revisions Pass House, Sending Measure to President." New York Times March 8, 2006.
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