Countdown to February 3

With the Patriot Act set to expire on February 3, 2006, Liz Halloran, writing for US News, makes this observation:

Time is not on the Patriot Act's side. The House is not back in session until January 31; the Senate is preoccupied with Judge Samuel Alito's confirmation, and Senate Judiciary Committee hearings are planned for February on the administration's domestic-spying program. So it seems almost certain the dispute will linger beyond the February deadline. That means the Patriot Act may have to do the limbo more than a little while longer.

Read the entire article: One More Act for The Patriot Act