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Congress has shown backbone lately on the Patriot Act. Congress made some of its most far-reaching provisions temporary so it would be able to reconsider them later on, when the Patriot Act was passed after Sept. 11, 2001. Those provisions were set to expire last December, but Congress agreed to a very short extension so greater civil liberties protections could be added. The Patriot Act has been one of the few issues on which Congress has shown backbone lately. When the Patriot Act was passed after Sept. 11, 2001, Congress made some of its most far-reaching provisions temporary so it would be able to reconsider them later on. Those provisions were set to expire last December, but Congress agreed to a very short extension so greater civil liberties protections could be added.