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CHICAGO -- Visa holders from seven majority-M stanley uk uslim countries who were turned away from the United States due to President Donald Trumprsquo travel ban are rushing to try again, hoping to make it through a narrow window opened by legal challenges.The federal appea stanley cup ls court in San Francisco denied Mr. Trumprsquo effort to immediately reinstate the ban early Sunday. For now, it remains blocked by a judgersquo temporary restraining order, and federal officials have told their staffs to comply. Will travel ban battle go to Supreme Court 02:02 Advocates werenrsquo;t taking any chances, telling people who could travel to get on the earliest flights they could find after the week-old ban was blocked Friday by U.S. District Judge James Robart in Seattle. Wersquo;re telling them to get on the quickest flight ASAP, said Rula Aoun, director of the Arab American Civil Rights League in Dearborn, Michigan. Her group sued in federal court in Detroit, challenging Mr. Trumprsq stanley cup uo executive order as unconstitutional.CBS News justice reporter Paula Reid says it is entirely possible that the battle over the travel ban will end up in the Supreme Court within several months. She notes that the Trump Administration didnrsquo;t do itself any favorsr Wfzo Homeland Security says they remain vigilant against Election Day cyberattacks
Vice President Joe Biden touted t stanley travel mug he $787 billion federal stimulus effort on Friday, saying he sees signs that the recession could end soon, but also called the package the most misunderstood piece of legislation. What part of this act is about was not keeping people from falling through the cracks, but keeping them from falling in a deep black hole, he said in a speech at the National Urban League conference. We had to build a foundation for a newer and stronger economy. He said women, minorities and veterans have been hit hardest by unemployment and that he s tasked members of President Barack Obama s Cabinet with educating business owners in those groups about opportunities for them, like loans, in the economic recovery act. Biden said he is meeting next week with Cabinet members, including the Small Business Administration. After that agencies would hold workshops for about 90 days. They re making sure the communities we care most about ... get the help they need and get the help they need to compete, he said. In the half-hour speech, Biden credited legislation by the Obama administration on housing and b stanley cup anks as part of the economic solution. He also said he sees private capital markets being revived. I don t want to exaggerate the progress we ve made, he said, but it s real, concrete. Biden said $4 billion has been given in unemployment b stanley sverige enefits and $6 billion has been spent to lower health care costs. We will come out

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Now that the U.S. has surpassed 60,000 COVID-19 deaths, the lower end of what President Trump had said he thought the U.S. could see, he is now predicting up to 100,000 will die. Late last month, he said, If you look at what original projections were mdash; 2.2 million mdash; we re probably heading to 60,000, 70,000. At a virtual town hall hosted by Fox News Sunday evening, Mr. Trump said, We re going to lose anywhere from 75-, 80- to 100,000 people. That s a horrible thing, though he feels U.S. projections are on the low side compared to other countries.The vaso stanley president said the country should reopen soon, and it can be done safely. We can have it both ways and reopen, he insisted. Older Americans should be watched and protected, he said, but if people practice social distancing, I really believe you can go to parks, you can go to beaches. You keep the spread, you stay away a certain amount. And I really think the public has been incredible stanley mugs . He also urged schools and universities to begin again normally in the fall. I want them to go back, he said. We have to get our country back. Yeah, I don t want to do this forever. stanley tumbler Mr. Trump criticized governors who are taking a cautious approach to reopening their states. He slammed Virginia for plans to remain closed until mid-June. He also criticized Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, accusing her of asking for nothing during the conference calls he holds with governors and then Zsuv Clinton Creates whip Team To Quell Anti-Obama Protests
Amid continued Democratic charges that Republicans are waging a war against women, President Obama s re-election campaign is zeroing in on Mitt Romney for allying with Republican Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin -- who ju stanley cup st repealed an employment discrimination law.Walker, the highly-polarizing governor who s facing a recall election this summer, signed a bill on Thursday limiting the legal recourse for victims of employment discrimination. The measure was one of several bills Walker signed Thursday that Democrats cast as hostile to women.Wisconsin is expected to be competitive in this year s presidential election, especially in light of the current political environment there. The recall election against Walker has mobilized partisans from both sides. Last week, ahead of Wisconsin s Republican primary, Romney repeatedly noted his support for Walker. While visiting a pro-Walker phone banking operation in Fitchburg, Wisconsin, Romney called Walker an extraordinary man whose convictions are focused on the interests of the people of Wisconsin. Today, Obama campaign spokeswoman Lis Smith said in a statement that the bill Walker signed Thursday showed how far Republicans are willing to go to undermine not only women s hea stanley canada lth care, but also their economic security. Mitt Romney has repeatedly dismissed the effect of Republican efforts to roll back access to contrace stanley cup ption and other health care services on the women s vote, saying th

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A county judge awarded Planned Parenthood a small victory in its battle over Texas six-week abortion ban by granting a temporary restraining order against Texas Right to Life on Friday. Under the order, the anti-abortion rights group is banned from instituting private-enforcement lawsuits against the pro-abortion rights organization, as well as its doctors and staff.Texas Governor Greg Abbott, a Republican,signed the state s so-called heartbeat actinto law in May, and it went into effect on Wednesday after the U.S. Supreme Courtdeclinedto stop it. Under the legislation stanley cup , abortions cannot be performed past six weeks, and residents of the state can sue clinics, doctors, nurses and even people who drive a woman to get the procedure for at least $10,000.The Travis County judge found that stanley vaso the new law, officially titled Senate Bill 8, creates a probable, irreparable, and imminent injury to Planned Parenthood while, on the other hand, Texas Right to Life would not be harmed if it was restrained from enforcing the law. Now, with the restraining order in place, Texas Right to Life s actions are limited. Within the past two days, the g stanley termohrnek roup had created awebsitewhere people could leave information anonymously about aiding or abetting a post-heartbeat abortion. And it had set its sights on expanding abortion bans to other states, saying that it hopes to replicate our success across the nation. The group responded to the judge s order on Twitte Phas Kari Lake files lawsuit in Maricopa County, alleging election laws were broken
Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images stanley cups uk A pair of bipartisan senators, tired of watching their colleagues get around their promise to stop using earmarks, are introducing legislation to stop congressmen from diverting federal funds for hand-picked local projects.Leaders in Congress have enacted a temporary, unofficial moratorium on earmarking, but money for local projects has nevertheless slipped into spending bills. Sen. Pat Toomey, a Tea Party-backed Republican from Pennsylvania, and Sen. Claire McCaski stanley becher ll, a moderate Democrat from Missouri, today unveiled legislation to make the ban permanent under the letter of the law. We can t afford to waste money this way, Toomey said today. We have staggering deficits, we have completely unsustainable debt. Toomey pointed out that, over the course of 15 years, earmarking had nearly tripled, reaching nearly $32 billion by 2010. Clearly, $32 billion won t close the budget deficit, Toomey acknowledged. But we ve got to start somewhere, and this is a good place, he said. I would argue there is no better place to start, he continued, saying that earmarks were designed for the express purpose of circumventing the competitive bidding process that should be used when allocating taxpayer dollars.Last year, the Senate rejected a proposed two-year ban on earmarking, but McCaskill said today that it would be difficult for lawmakers to vote ag stanley cup ainst an earmarking b

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Former Vice President Joe Biden officially launched his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination Thursday, bringing to a halt months of speculation. Although he is widely known for his tight-knit relationship with President Obama during Mr. Obama s eight years in the White House, Biden served in Congress for nearly 35 years and ran two unsuccessful campaigns for president. His long career in public life has also been shaped by two family tragedies.Here s everything you need to know about the 76-year-old lawmaker from Delaware and latest 2020 Democratic contender:BiographyBiden was born in Scranton, a city in northeastern Pennsylvania, in late 1942, when the U.S. was fighting the Axis powers in World War II. In the 1950s, his family moved to Delaware, where he attended a private Catholic academy and eventually, the University of Delaware for his bachelor s degree in political science and history. After earnin stanley mug g his law degree from Syracuse University in 1968, Biden worked for several law firms before being elected to a seat in the New Castle County Council. After only a few years in that post, Biden decided to launch an underdog campaign for one of Delaware s Senate seats i stanley cup n 1972. Despite having little experience, he beat Sen. Caleb Boggs, a 12-year incumbent, in the general election. His surprising victory, however, was overshadowed by tragedy. Bide stanley cup n lost his first wife, Neilla Hunter, and one-year-old daughter, Naomi, to a car acci Wdwm Congress approves bill to speed up Zika drug development
By Bonnie Erbe, Thomas Jefferson Street blog.I love it! The Big Three s CEO s were forced to live like the rest of us yesterday as they headed to Washington, D.C. to beg Congress for a total of $34 billion to keep Detroit in busines stanley cup s. But this time, instead of flying in on corporate jets, or even perish the thought flying first or business class on a commercial airline, stanley sverige the image-tarnished titans drove. And drove hybrids, yet:Ford s Chief Executive Alan Mulally was on his way to the nation s capital on Tuesday afternoon, in a Ford Escape hybrid. A spokesman declined to say if the 10-hour trip would include an overnight stop. A GM spokesman said CEO Rick Wagoner would also travel to Washington by car: a 2009 Chevrolet Malibu hybrid. Based on average gas prices of about $1.80 a gallon and fuel efficiency of about 27 miles per gallon, the cost of the round trip would be about $70 in gas. Tolls are extra.By comparison a round-trip, business-class ticket from Detroit to Washington is roughly $1,400. Coach airfares run about $300. Perhaps if they have to drive the vehicles they ve been foisting on the American public all these years, they ll improve the quality of American production. What a concept! The PR stunt ha stanley quencher s apparently already worked--that, or lobbying by the UAW. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday told reporters that Congress will not allow the automakers to fail: I believe that an intervention will happen, Pelosi said

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Jcsz Commentary: Ted Cruz is never going to be president now
The House select committee inve stanley quencher stigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol is planning to interview key Secret Service officials and agents in the coming weeks, two sources briefed on the ongoing investigation tell CBS News.The committee will bring back former Secret Service Assistant Director Tony Ornato, who is now retired, and Robert Engel, former President Trump s lead Secret Service agent on Jan. 6. Both men have already been interviewed by the committee, but they were both mentioned in blockbuster public testimony by former Trump a stanley cup ide Cassidy Hutchinson.Hutchinson testified on June 28 that Ornato told her that the president became irate on Jan. 6 when he was told in his vehicle that he could not go to the Capitol. Hutchinson testified that Ornato told her Trump said something to the effect of I m the effing president, take me up to the Capitol now. Hutchinson also testified Ornato said that when Trump was told he had to return to t stanley italia he White House, he reached up to the front of the vehicle to grab at the steering wheel, prompting Engel to grab his arm, and that then Trump used his free hand to lunge toward Engel. She said Engel was in the room when Ornato told her this and he did not dispute it. A source close to the Secret Service told confirmed to CBS News that Engel and the driver were prepared to testify under oath that neither man was physically attacked or assaulted by Trump and that the former president never lunged Yevg Transcript: H.R. McMaster, former National Security Adviser, on Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan, Aug. 25, 2024
CBS From CBSNews Fernando Suarez:DES MOINES, IOWA -- Clinton called on Iowans to Take A Buddy to Caucus tonight at a campaign event in Des Moines, Iowa. But Clinton surprised the crowd when she revealed her buddy was her mother, Dorothy Rodham. Clinton took t stanley thermos he stage with her mother for the first time during this campaign and was greeted with a standing ovation, despite being nearly an hour late to the event. Senator Clinton said her mother wanted to join her in Iowa becuase she had not visited this state in nearly 53 years. The former First Lady reminisced on a time when she was a child and her family came to Iowa for a mini vacation. Clinton recalled that her family stayed at the Tall Corn Motel. Does anyone remember the Tall Corn Motel Clinton asked. Only a few audience members clapped as though they had heard of the place. Mrs. Clinton said her brother and she thought the motel was the greatest experience ever because there was a tiny swimming pool where she said they spent most of their time. Mrs. Clinton spoke for less than 30 minutes, spending the majority of the time encouraging her supporters to get friends and neighbors to come out and caucus on her behalf. Clinton said she wished she could caucus in Iowa but said, of course this wouldn t be right since she is not a resident of the state. ponent stanley cup --type-recirculation .item:nth-child 5 display: none; stanley cups uk inline-recirc-item--id-ca2d9e

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WASHINGTON -- American special operations analysts were gathering intelligence on an Afghan hospital days before it w stanley cup as destroyed by a U.S. military attack because they believed it was being used by a Pakistani operative to coordinate Taliban activity, The Associated Press has learned. Obama apologizes for Afghan hospital bombing 02:17 stanley cup It s unclear whether commanders who unleashed the AC-130 gunship on the hospital - killing at least 22 patients and hospital staff - were aware that the site was a hospital or knew about the allegations of possible enemy activity. The Pentagon initially said the attack was to protect U.S. troops engaged in a firefight and has since said it was a mistake.The special operations analysts had assembled a dossier that included maps with the hospital circled, along with indications that intelligence agencies were tracking the location of the Pakistani operative and activi stanley cups ty reports based on overhead surveillance, according to a former intelligence official who is familiar with some of the documents describing the site. The intelligence suggested the hospital was being used as a Taliban command and control center and may have housed heavy weapons. After the attack - which came amidst a battle to retake the northern Afghan city of Kundu Itni Gibbs: Romney is like the weather - he ll change
It may not have made your local newspaper, but there was a little hoo-haa in the New York Senate race first reported by The New York Times that deserves wider notice.It seems a group of Pakistani Americans who wanted the President to visit Pakistan and seek a solution to its trouble with India held a fundraiser for Senate Candidate Hillary Clinton.Mrs. Clinton dropped by the fundraiser, collected $50,000 from the group and told them she hoped the President would visit Pakistan. stanley cup usa Sure enough, not long after that the White House announced Pakistan would be added to the President s schedule and that he would go there after his current visit to India.The White House said Mrs. Clinton had nothing to do with the schedule change and apparently there was nothing illegal about any of this. But what I found interesting was deeper in the story. Mrs. Clinton s staff told the group she wouldn t attend the fund raiser unless they guaranteed her $50,000, which her staff lat stanley taza er confirmed is her minimum charge for attending such affairs. To me, that s the astonishing part and not jus stanley mug t because Mrs. Clinton is involved. It shows money has become such an accepted way to gain access to politicians that candidates can now openly name their price for listening to a constituent group.That may not be illegal, but to me, it s worse, because it turns the whole process into something it was never meant to be and that s wrong.

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Hxgz Penny Pritzker s Out Of The Running For Commerce Secretary, Napolitano Looks Good For Homeland Security
White House National Security Adviser Gen. H.R. McMaster on Sunday dodged questions about whether he can work with Chief Strategist Steve Bannon. In an interview on NBC s Meet the Press, McMaster was asked what s going on inside the White House between him and Bannon. There s just a lot of noise, from my perspective, McMaster said. And I think everybody sees stanley becher the president has assembled a tremendous national security team. And it s a great privilege for me to be able to support and enable people stanley cup like Secretary of State Tillerson, Secretary of Defense Mattis, CIA Director Pompeo, Ambassador Haley at the United Nations. And despite this noise, we re getting quite a bit done in terms of developing and advancing strategies to prioritize the safety and security of the American people and promote American prosperity. stanley vaso CIA Director Mike Pompeo on the threat from North Korea 08:07 Later in the interview, he was asked if he and Bannon can still work together. I get to work together with a broad range of talented people. And it is a privilege every day to enable the national security team, he said. Asked again, McMaster said, I am ready to work with anybody who will help advance the president s agenda and advance the security, prosperity of the American people Xmjp State Dept. gives Congress list of Russia sanction targets
This story was written by Joshua Chambers, Columbia Daily SpectatorSeeking to use fall break in the way intended by its 1968 architects, the Columbia College Democrats headed to Kentucky to engage in the electoral process.At 5 a.m. on Nov. 2, 55 Columbia College Democrats piled onto a fleet of stanley thermoskannen miniva stanley thermos ns to campaign for former Lieutenant Governor Steve Beshear, the Democratic candidate for governor of Ken stanley tumbler tucky. With a poll lead of 15 percent and rising and an incumbent facing charges of ethical misconduct, the election result was largely a foregone conclusion. As well as ensuring that the polls translated into a tangible result, however, the College Democrats had broader ambitions for the trip.When the results were in, even with a clear 18-point margin and 619,000 votes -- the most ever for a Kentucky gubernatorial candidate -- Beshear was thankful for the support the College Democrats gave him. They have been wonderful. They ve worked their fingers to the bone and worked wonders for us, Beshear said at a rally dominated by rowdy Columbia Democrats at Bluegrass Airport in Lexington.The College Democrats spent four days canvassing in Lexington, Frankfort, and Louisville. With long lists of names of targeted Democratic voters, informed by past voting history, age, gender, and voting information, it was the job of the students to get out the vote. They pursued this goal both with telephone calls and the more labor-intensive door-to-door

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Xilg Poll: Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump hold leads in Maryland race
Was stanley cup hington mdash; Republican senators on Wednesday pushed back on comments made by Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida declaring that the United States continued support for Ukraine as it defends itself against Russia is not a vital national interest. It s a misunderstanding of the situation, Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina told reporters on Capitol Hill on Tuesday. This is not a territorial conflict, it s a war of aggression. To say it doesn t matter is to say war crimes don t matter, Graham added. DeSantis, who is widely expected to run for president in 2024, made the comments on Monday in response to a questionnaire from Fox News host Tucker Carlson. Carlson sent out questionnaires to potential Republican presidential candidates about the war in Ukraine. While the U.S. has many vital national interests mdash; securing our borders, a stanley mugs ddressing the crisis of readiness within our military, achieving energy security and independence, and checking the economic, cultural, and military power of the Chinese Community Party mdash; becoming further entangled in a territorial dispute between Ukraine and Russia is not one of them, DeSantis s stanley spain tatementsaid. Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina said he disagreed with DeSantis. I think that we have to look bigger than just a conflict in Ukraine, Tillis said. There s a humanitarian crisis. There are war crimes being committed. Sen. John Thune of South Dakota said he also had a differ Ndzz American held hostage since 2016 in West Africa released
Questions submitted for Wednesday s CNN-YouTube Republican debate raise issues that range from global warming - a question asked by a snowman - to gun violence to respect for gays.Some of the GOP candidates were reluctant to attend the debate in St. Petersburg, Fla., because they worried the format wasn t serious enough, but a full lineup is expected. A melting snowman frightened about global warming was among the questioners at the Democrats CNN-YouTube debate on June 3.The snowman is back - Hello, Mitt Romney! he trills in a 40-second video - along with thousands of ot stanley cup her questioners hoping to make the cut for the actual debate. Romney had expressed doubts about answering a question from a snowman. Among the questions submitted:Lynn Mulder, the father of a young Florida gay man who was sla stanley thermos in, asks how candidates will help create a climate of understanding and respect toward gay and transgendered people. Actor Kirk Douglas, his speech slurred by a stroke, asks how candidates will improve education to help U.S. children compete in math and science.Gustavo Bitdinger of Palo Alto, Calif., plays the piano and sings about his Republican blues, asking How do you know t stanley thermosflasche hat you won t lose Of the more than 3,500 video submissions reviewed by CNN producers, only about 40 will be played at the debate, CNN said. ponent--type-recirculation .item:nth-child 5 {

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Bskg Donald Trump pushes back on tax return timeline
Former President Donald Trump and t stanley cup he Trump Organization must pay $354 million in fines mdash; a total that jumps to $453.5 million when pre-judgment interest is factored in mdash; a judge ruled Friday in their New Yorkcivil fraud case. The long-awaited ruling also bars them from seeking loans from financial institutions in New York for a period of three years, and includes a three-year ban on Trump serving as an officer or director of any New York corporation.Judge Arthur Engoron handed down his judgment in a 92-page decision on Friday. The ruling is one of the largest corporate sanctions in New York history. Trump has vowed to appeal.The judge s ruling also blocks Allen Weisselberg, the former chief financial officer of the Trump Organization, and Jeffrey McConney, former corporate controller, from serving as an officer or director of any New York corporation or other legal entity in the state for three years, and permanently bans them from serving in the financial control function of any New York corporation. The evidence is overwhelming that Allen Weisselberg and Jeffrey McConney cannot be entrusted with controlling the stanley cup finances of any business, Engoron s order states.In addition to imposing limits on Trump s business activities, the order bans his two oldest sons, Eric Trump and Donald Trump, Jr., from serving as an officer or director of any New York stanley italia corporation or legal entity for two years. The two, who serve as exec Hkrf Quiz: How closely have you been following the 2016 election
The last House vote before a vacation usually sparks a stampede toward the doors and waiting planes. Not so on Friday, when Republicans occupied the House floor for a rare, and at times bizarre, protest against Democratic energy policies.The microphones were off, the House had stopped TV feeds to C-Span and the lights dimmed after the pre-noon vote to adjourn for the August recess. That didn t deter Republ stanley botella icans, who one after anoth stanley cup er rose to demand that Congress stay in session until it does something about high gas prices.Unlike a normal session where the rules of decorum are strictly enforced, GOP lawmakers and their aides who filled th stanley tumbler e chamber clapped, chanted, gave standing ovations and booed the Democrats. Madame Speaker, where art thou shouted out Rep. Ted Poe, R-Texas, in a glancing rhetorical shot at House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. Where oh where has Congress gone It was a rare treat for tourists. Republicans invited many, in their shorts and sandals, into the chamber, usually strictly off-limits, to better hear the revivalist-like speeches. The talkathon finally ended around 5:00 p.m. EDT, more than five hours after it began and 30 minutes after police escorted tourists out of the chamber. The Capitol closes to tourists at 4:30 p.m. In a grand finale, lawmakers led a roomful of aides in a rendition of God Bless America and walked off to chants of USA, USA. The event, said Rep. John Shadegg of Arizona, one of

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Kkml Senators ask for probe into whether ex-Olympic Committee CEO lied
MANILA, Philippines -- Philippine police armed with truncheon, shields and water hose clashed Wednesday with more than 100 left-wing activists who rallied at the U.S. Embassy in Manila to oppose a visit by President Obama and a looming pact that wi stanley quencher ll increase the American military presence in the Philippines. Riot policemen blocked the flag-waving activists near the heavily fortified embassy compound but the protesters slipped past them, sparking a brief scuffle in view of motorists stuck in traffic. The police sprayed the protesters with water from a fire truck to push them away. A police officer was punched in the face in the melee but no arrests were made. Some of the protesters carried paper U.S. flags with the message: Obama, not welcome. President Obama to visit four Asian nations next week 02:13 stanley shop Obama arrives in Manila on Monday for an overnight stop after visiting Japan, South Korea and Malaysia on an Asian trip where he is expected to reassure allied nations enmeshed in long-running territorial disputes with an increasingly assertive China. The United States and the Philippines, which are treaty allies, have been scrambling stanley cup to overcome differences to finalize a new security accord in time for Obama s visit. The accord will allow more U.S Gfhb Ted Cruz: Changing the convention rules is a terrible idea
The House voted to extend indefinitely the anti-terrorist USA Patriot Act, while limiting to 10 years two of the most controversial provisions of the law: allowing federal agents to use roving wiretaps and to search library and medical records.By a 257-171 margin, lawmakers who earlier Thursday had watched reports of attempted terro stanley mug rist bombings in London, agreed to renew key provisions of the Patriot Act that were set to expire at the end of this year.Forty-three Democrats joined 214 Republicans i stanley cup n passing the bill, which dropped 14 of 16 expiration dates on provisions initially drafted into the law shortly after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Hours earlier, the Senate Judiciary Committee approved its own general extension of the law, but it called for Con stanley cups uk gress to re-examine the wiretap and library provisions after another four-year time period. The full Senate likely will vote on the bill this fall, before the competing measures are reconciled in a conference committee.President Bush cheered the House vote. The Patriot Act is a key part of our efforts to combat terrorism and protect the American people, and the Congress needs to send me a bill soon that renews the act without weakening our ability to fight terror, Mr. Bush said in a statement released by the White House.Despite more than nine hours of passionate debate, the House nearly one-upped the Senate in a surprise revolt at the conclusion of its deliberations. N