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WASHINGTON – In a stinging defeat for President Bush, Senate Democrats blocked passage Friday of a new Patriot Act to combat terrorism at home, depicting the measure as a threat to the constitutional ...

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A day before parts of the Patriot Act were to expire, President Bush signed into law a renewal that will allow the government to keep using expanded powers passed after the Sept. 11 attacks. Bush’s ...