What are you talking about?

The bill that would reauthorize the USA Patriot Act.

it relates to the Patriot act but is a version with changes as this poster well knows from prior postings.

Again Saint Bernie gets the type of pas from the Left that no real Democrat will ever get.

The American Freedom Bill which is really just a watered down version or the Patriot act...

Because that is the end result of a successful cloture vote.

I expect it to be more odious than the original Patriot Act.

But no problems.

Saint Bernie gets a pass here, unlike the Democrats who caved into the security state and voted to spy on Grandma's iphone.

Here is Wikipedia on it.

The USA Freedom Act is a bill originally introduced in both houses of the U.S. Congress on October 29, 2013. The title of the act is a ten-letter backronym (USA FREEDOM) that stands for "Uniting and Strengthening America by Fulfilling Rights and Ending Eavesdropping, Dragnet-collection and Online Monitoring Act."

The bill was re-introduced in the 114th Congress, receiving support for acting as "a balanced approach"[3] while being questioned for amendments and extending the Patriot Act through the end of 2019.[4] Supporters of the bill say the most the House Intelligence Committee and House leadership[5] would allow is ending bulk collection under Section 215 of the Patriot Act[6] until Section 702 of FISA comes up for review at the end of 2017. Critics assert that mass surveillance of the content of Americans' communication will continue under Section 702 of FISA[7][8] and Executive Order 12333[7][9] due to the "unstoppable surveillance-industrial complex"[10] despite the fact that a bipartisan majority of the House had previously voted to close backdoor mass surveillance.[5]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USA_Freedom_Act

This is an improvement on the Patriot Act. We face an "unstoppable surveillance-industrial complex." We shall see how Bernie votes on the bill.

McConnell is allowing amendments.

The Patriot Act has sunset tonight. The Freedom act is different. And a vote FOR closure is obviously not a vote on the bill...

The USA Freedom Act is a bill originally introduced in both houses of the U.S. Congress on October 29, 2013. The title of the act is a ten-letter backronym (USA FREEDOM) that stands for "Uniting and Strengthening America by Fulfilling Rights and Ending Eavesdropping, Dragnet-collection and Online Monitoring Act."

The bill was re-introduced in the 114th Congress, receiving support for acting as "a balanced approach"[3] while being questioned for amendments and extending the Patriot Act through the end of 2019.[4] Supporters of the bill say the most the House Intelligence Committee and House leadership[5] would allow is ending bulk collection under Section 215 of the Patriot Act[6] until Section 702 of FISA comes up for review at the end of 2017. Critics assert that mass surveillance of the content of Americans' communication will continue under Section 702 of FISA[7][8] and Executive Order 12333[7][9] due to the "unstoppable surveillance-industrial complex"[10] despite the fact that a bipartisan majority of the House had previously voted to close backdoor mass surveillance.[5]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USA_Freedom_Act

Watered down is the term I most often see attached to it.

But NO, now the USA FREEDOM Act resurrects it.

This is ridiculous! You don't know what you're talking about.

BTW, The 17 Senators who voted against cloture were all Republicans.

this came from a satirical reply in a previous thread and I bit-big time. I saw a reply that stated O'Malley was a nay and never even gave it proper thought. I could edit but when I make a big stupid I at least refuse to hide my dumb....Mea culpa. Other than that how am I doing?

And I think it would be perfectly fine if you wanted to add a footnote to your OP explaining that. It might help others not bite on incorrect information.

and thank you for helping to correct my mistake.

There is a lot of misinformation, spin and bullshit being spread on this and other topics that involve Sanders.

I am just glad I could offer some facts to correct then.

We all have the need to learn, and I followed those other threads, and needed to see them to know what the truth is about this vote.

And thank you.