ALAWON: American Library Association Washington Office Newsline
Volume 15, Number 24
February 28, 2006

In This Issue: Ask Senators to Vote Against S. 2271

This afternoon  the Senate voted to limit debate on S. 2271 and in 
so doing denied Senator Feingold the opportunity to introduce 
amendments to the legislation that would have improved reader 
privacy protections. Feingold's proposals included modest changes 
to the legislation that would restore privacy protections vital to 
library users by limiting the scope of the government's power to 
conduct fishing expeditions of reading records and restoring 
judicial oversight of PATRIOT Act provisions.

The legislation as it stands does not provide adequate protections 
to library patron privacy. We are asking you again to call both of 
your Senators today and encourage them to vote against S.2271. ALA 
supported S. 1389, legislation passed unanimously by the Senate 
last summer that did improve protections for library patrons. 
Please encourage your Senators to vote against S. 2271 and support 
legislation similar to S. 1389.

Capitol Switchboard number is: (202) 224-3121. Thank you for your 
continued support. 


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