Congress Votes to Extend Patriot Act 280 - 138
Will Amy Klobuchar finally tell Minnesotans how she would have voted?

	Mark speaks to police officers at the MN Police & Peace Officers Association's Leg. Conference

St. Paul, Minnesota, Mar 8 - The House voted to pass the Patriot Act last evening, ending months of partisanship from Democrats in the Senate and the House. The Patriot Act was first passed after the terrorist attacks of September 11th to provide law enforcement with the tools to connect the dots and prevent another terrorist attack.

“I am pleased we were finally able to put the months of partisanship behind us and move forward to protect Americans,” said Mark Kennedy. “Our law enforcement officers deserve to have the same tools to track terrorists that they currently have to go after drug lords and mob bosses. Homeland security should not be a partisan issue.”

The House first voted to extend the Patriot Act on December 14th (251 - 174). Despite repeated requests, countless news articles and 84 days, Democrat Senate candidate Amy Klobuchar has refused to say how she would vote on the Patriot Act.

While Klobuchar has remained silent, her four Democrat supporters in the Minnesota House delegation all voted to oppose the extension of the Patriot Act.

“Since Ms. Klobuchar has been unable to show one area of disagreement with her party, it is very troubling that every Democrat from Minnesota voted against extending this common sense security measure,” added Kennedy. “This is exactly the type of mindless partisanship that has no place in the U.S. Senate.”

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