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From https://www.businessinsider.com/mcconnell-patriot-act-renewal-fbi-web-browsing-history-2020-5

Mitch McConnell is pushing the Senate to pass a measure that would let the FBI collect Americans' web-browsing history without a warrant

Aaron Holmes
14 hours ago

• The Senate is expected to vote Wednesday to renew the 2001 Patriot Act, and Mitch McConnell is pushing an amendment to the law that would expand the FBI's surveillance powers.

• An amendment proposed by McConnell would, for the first time ever, let the FBI collect records on Americans' web-browsing and search histories without a warrant.

• Another amendment drafted by McConnell would give the attorney general more oversight of FBI investigations into political operatives, like the recent FBI investigation into the Trump campaign.

• A bipartisan group of senators proposed a measure to block the FBI from accessing people's web-browsing history without a warrant, but it failed by one vote on Wednesday.

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