<div dir="ltr"><div><a href="http://www.districtdispatch.org/2015/06/you-did-it-usa-freedom-on-its-way-to-the-presidents-desk/">http://www.districtdispatch.org/2015/06/you-did-it-usa-freedom-on-its-way-to-the-presidents-desk/</a></div><div><br></div><div><h1 style="font:28px/normal BebasNeueRegular,arial,Georgia,serif;list-style:none;margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;border:0px currentColor;color:rgb(51,51,51);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" itemtype="http://schema.org/Thing" itemscope="" itemprop="itemReviewed"><span style="list-style:none;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px currentColor" itemprop="name">You did it! USA FREEDOM on its way to the President’s desk</span></h1><p style="border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-style:none none solid;font:11.05px/normal "Droid Sans",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;list-style:none;margin:7px 0px 10px;padding:0px 0px 5px;color:rgb(170,170,170);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;word-spacing:0px;border-bottom-color:rgb(242,242,242);white-space:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="list-style:none;margin:0px 10px 0px 0px;padding:0px;border:0px currentColor;display:inline-block">Posted by:<span> </span><a title="" style="list-style:none;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px currentColor;color:rgb(170,170,170);text-decoration:none" href="http://www.districtdispatch.org/author/adameisgrau/">Adam Eisgrau</a></span><span> </span><span style="list-style:none;margin:0px 10px 0px 0px;padding:0px;border:0px currentColor;display:inline-block">June 2, 2015</span>   <span style="list-style:none;margin:0px 10px 0px 0px;padding:0px;border:0px currentColor;display:inline-block">in<span> </span><a style="list-style:none;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px currentColor;color:rgb(170,170,170);text-decoration:none" href="http://www.districtdispatch.org/category/privacy-surveillance/" rel="category tag">Privacy & Surveillance</a></span></p><div style="font:13px/normal "Droid Sans",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;list-style:none;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px currentColor;color:rgb(51,51,51);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;clear:both;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"></div><div style="font:13px/1.5 "Droid Sans",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;list-style:none;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px currentColor;color:rgb(51,51,51);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><p style="list-style:none;margin:0px;padding:1em 0px;border:0px currentColor">Moments ago, after three amendments that would have gutted it failed in a series of roll call votes, the USA FREEDOM Act passed the Senate by a vote of 67 to 32.  Having previously passed the House by one of the largest bipartisan margins in recent history (338- 88), the first serious reform of the nation’s surveillance law is now en route to the White House where the President is poised to sign it this evening.</p><p style="list-style:none;margin:0px;padding:1em 0px;border:0px currentColor">Victories like this don’t just happen.  They take collaboration with equally committed organizations and activists, and they take thousands of librarians fighting for years to restore the civil liberties of Americans eroded by the PATRIOT Act and the excesses of the NSA and other agencies.  This first but important victory is yours.</p><p style="list-style:none;margin:0px;padding:1em 0px;border:0px currentColor">Tomorrow, the fight for further badly needed reforms will go on. Tonight, ALA thanks its allies in Washington and, most of all, you – for your commitment, for your passion, and for answering the call when it came to contact Congress and demand that it right serious wrongs.</p><p style="list-style:none;margin:0px;padding:1em 0px;border:0px currentColor">You passed the USA FREEDOM Act today because you answered the call. BRAVO!</p></div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.districtdispatch.org/2015/06/you-did-it-usa-freedom-on-its-way-to-the-presidents-desk/">http://www.districtdispatch.org/2015/06/you-did-it-usa-freedom-on-its-way-to-the-presidents-desk/</a><br clear="all"><br>-- <br></div><div class="gmail_signature"><div><em><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS";font-size:10pt">Diedre Conkling</span></em><i><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS";font-size:10pt"><br><em><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Lincoln County Library District</span></em><br><em><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">P.O. Box 2027</span></em><br><em><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Newport, OR 97365</span></em><br><em><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Phone & Fax: 541-265-3066</span></em><br><em><sp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