Submission + - Patriot Act Spy Powers To Expire As Rand Paul Blocks USA Freedom Act Vote
The failure of the USA Freedom Act leaves Congress with no options for averting the midnight expiration of Section 215 of the USA Patriot Act and two other surveillance provisions. The reform bill, which the House passed before leaving town for a week-long recess, would end the government's bulk collection of Americans' phone records under the Patriot Act's controversial Section 215 but leaves the other two provisions intact.