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Domestic Spying Issue Inflames Debate Over Patriot Act Renewal

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President Bush escalated his attack yesterday on Senate Democrats and four Republicans for blocking efforts to renew the USA Patriot Act, but key lawmakers insisted they will not budge until stronger privacy protections are added to the domestic surveillance law...The stalemate marks an increase in tensions between the administration and Congress over Bush's anti-terrorism and surveillance policies and the conduct of the war in Iraq. Although Democrats have led the criticisms, a number of Republican lawmakers have joined in, pressing for a troop withdrawal timetable, a curb on interrogation techniques for detainees and, now, stricter limits on the administration's powers to spy on residents of the United States.
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