URGENT: Late last night we defeated an attempt by @SpeakerPelosi to ram through a reauthorization of #FISA and #PatriotAct surveillance authorities. Now she's trying to use a "Conference Committee" in an end-run around her own party. TAKE ACTION: SaveInternetPrivacy.org 
By moving this to conference, @SpeakerPelosi is explicitly threatening to weaken the bill even further, most likely by gutting the Lee/Leahy amendment.
So to be clear, House Democrats are threatening to blow up protections specifically for journalists and religious minorities.
So to be clear, House Democrats are threatening to blow up protections specifically for journalists and religious minorities.
This is an absolute disgrace. We know that #PatriotAct and #FISA surveillance programs have been repeatedly abused to target immigrant communities, journalists, activists, and religious groups. But @SpeakerPelosi and @RepAdamSchiff want to reauthorize them so bad they don't care.
But here's the deal. WE CAN STILL STOP THIS. The House will have to vote on a procedural motion to allow @SpeakerPelosi to move to conference committee with the version the House passed in March (which has no added protections at all.)
WE HAVE TO STOP THAT VOTE.
WE HAVE TO STOP THAT VOTE.
Contact your House Reps RIGHT NOW and tell them to vote against allowing the the USA Freedom Reauthorization Act to go to conference committee. Don't let House leadership sneak this through and make surveillance even worse. Retweet and sound the alarm! SaveInternetPrivacy.org
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