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Patriot Act Extension By Autopen Raises Questions for Congressman

Posted by timothy on from the great-and-powerful-oz dept.

Okian Warrior writes "Congress passed the [Patriot act extension] bill Thursday night, shortly before certain provisions of the Patriot Act were set to expire. However, Mr. Obama could not sign the bill right away in person, since he was in Europe for the G8 Summit. In order to sign the bill before the measures expired, he authorized the use of the autopen machine, which holds a pen and signs his actual signature. Republican Rep. Tom Graves of Georgia sent President Obama a letter today questioning the constitutionality."

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  1. Re:Questioning the constitutionality... by iceperson · · Score: 5, Informative

    He voted against the law. http://tomgraves.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=224632

  2. Re:What? by Mindcontrolled · · Score: 5, Informative

    Hm... very interesting. He actually seems to have voted against it. "Graves said he believes the act gave too much power to the government, a problem cited by many of the people who helped elect him." Source here

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  3. Re:The comments are full of hilarity by artor3 · · Score: 5, Informative

    House Dems votes against by more than a 2-1 margin. If Republicans didn't control the House, the Patriot Act would have expired this morning.

    Source: http://politics.nytimes.com/congress/votes/112/house/1/376