BREAKING: House leadership has officially CANCELLED the vote on reauthorizing #FISA & #PatriotAct after it became clear that they did not have the votes to get it passed.
This did NOT happen just "because of Trump" as many news articles will say. It was the result of ORGANIZING.
This did NOT happen just "because of Trump" as many news articles will say. It was the result of ORGANIZING.
It was also the result of @SpeakerPelosi and @RepAdamSchiff siding with the surveillance state over basic civil liberties and human rights. They gutted an amendment that would have prevented the FBI from spying on your Internet activity without a warrant. vice.com/en_us/article/…
The amendment had broad support, and likely would have sailed through the House and Senate. But once it was gutted by leadership, there was a bipartisan revolt. Rank and file of both parties came out against the underlying bill, including the Congressional Progressive Caucus.
We are now in uncharted waters. These ineffective and invasive #FISA and #PatriotAct surveillance authorities have lapsed. Congress should just let them stay dead. We need to be vigilant -- anything could happen at this point. Keep taking action at SaveInternetPrivacy.org
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