WASHINGTON – Congressional leaders have worked out a deal for a four-year extension of several key provisions of the Patriot Act, with a little over a week remaining until the current measure extending the counterterrorism surveillance law is set to expire.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, reached agreement Thursday on an amendment-free extension of three major Patriot Act provisions until June 1, 2015, according to a senior Democratic aide.
The Senate will take up the measure first, with the vote on ending debate slated for next Monday and a final-passage vote possible Wednesday. The House would then follow suit by the end of the week.
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