John,

URGENT: House leadership just snuck a reauthorization of the unconstitutional Patriot Act into a must-pass spending bill, and they’re voting on it TODAY.

We can’t let Congress sneak this through unnoticed. Click here for information on how to call and/or tweet key members of Congress and tell them to oppose the reauthorization of the Patriot Act.

The Patriot Act is the hastily passed law that enables the US government’s most grotesque mass surveillance programs.¹ We know for a fact that the government has used it to violate our constitutional and human rights.² But House Democrats just included a three month straight reauthorization of the Patriot Act in the “Continuing Resolution” must pass spending bill.

By kicking the can down the road, Congressional leadership is taking the pressure off of negotiators, foiling one of our best chances to finally get meaningful reform that reins in the mass government surveillance. We need to get as many members of Congress as possible to vote against the Continuing Resolution unless the Patriot Act reauthorization is removed.

Take a minute and contact the members of Congress listed here and demand they oppose reauthorizing the Patriot Act.

You can call, tweet, or retweet—do whatever you can to make sure your opposition is heard by members of Congress TODAY.

For basic human liberty,

Evan at Fight for the Future

Footnotes:

1. ACLU: https://www.aclu.org/blog/national-security/privacy-and-surveillance/patriot-act-10-years-later

2. EFF: https://www.eff.org/issues/patriot-act

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