See what happens when everybody puts aside their differences & works together?:
The Senate voted Wednesday to extend for a year key provisions of the nation’s counterterrorism surveillance law that are scheduled to expire at the end of the month. In agreeing to pass the bill, Senate Democrats retreated from adding new privacy protections to the USA Patriot Act.
The Senate approved the bill on a voice vote with no debate. It now goes to the House.
Bipartisanship. If it doesn’t have an entry in Urban Dictionary, then it needs one.
What’s the purpose of this law? To make it appear to the public that they are defended. Privacy protections would not enhance the illusion.