UPDATE: Senator Paul is standing firm on his promise to hold out for better surveillance reforms. Since Senator McConnell has thus far shown no indication that he will allow the amendment votes that Rand has asked for, there is a good chance that Section 215 of the Patriot Act will be allowed to expire Sunday night.

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Today, the House will likely pass their bill, the USA FREEDOM Act, to reform and reauthorize the controversial Section 215 of the USA PATRIOT Act. This portion of the 2001 law was revealed by Edward Snowden to be the legal justification for the massive, nearly limitless collection of American citizens’ telephone metadata by the NSA. Unfortunately, this year's USA Freedom Act as currently conceived is weaker than previous versions.

Capitol Hill Update, 11 May, 2015

Capitol Hill Update, 27 April, 2015

Set to expire at the end of May, Section 215 of the USA PATRIOT Act is only one of a number of authorities the government uses to defy the 4th Amendment and spy on millions of Americans without a direct warrant. Nevertheless, its upcoming sunset date provides defenders of liberty a strong chance to make serious move back towards our founders’ intention that:

Capitol Hill Update, 20 April, 2015

Next week is "Cyber Week" in the House, and two deeply flawed bills are heading to the floor that would further undermine the privacy of every American's data. These bills are intended to address the very real problem of companies having their databases hacked and their information stolen, but fail to adequately ensure that your personal information is protected when companies send information about these cyber attacks to the government.

Just over two weeks ago, Republicans in both chambers of Congress voted to pass budget resolutions that would have achieved balance in ten years. But this week 12 Republicans joined Senate Democrats to kill a simple amendment that would have required them to pay for a new bill, thus ensuring that the bill will add at least $140 billion to our deficit spending over the next decade.

On Tax Day the House is taking on corrupt IRS officials by voting on a handful of quality bills, which would: