13.05.2015 - 01:59 [ Electronic Frontier Foundation ]

Rules Committee Sends USA Freedom Act to the House for a Vote, But Blocks Any and All Amendments on the Floor

However, even as the USA Freedom Act moves ahead, there are those within Congress who are seeking a rubber-stamp reauthorization of Patriot Act spying authorities. They’re trying to extend the mass surveillance of millions of phone records of law-abiding citizens for another 5 years. Join us in telling Congress that we need an end to mass surveillance—not another rubber stamp.