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This 24 page paper explores the reasons for the seemingly united Congress after 9/11. The passage of the Antiterrorism Act of 2001 is the focus of this paper. Various Senators are discussed in terms of how they voted and what issues are important to them. Were they pressured to support the legislation or did they do so on their own? Many questions such as those are answered as well those pertinent to the power of the executive branch and how it plays a role in creating the united Congress. The United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary is a focus of this paper as is the privacy issue. Bibliography lists 19 sources.
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is something that had been established through the deliberate actions of the Senate Judiciary committee. Although the events of September 11, 2001 were horrendous and perhaps nothing quite so dramatic
had shaken the nation since Pearl Harbor, the firm reaction served to unite the country, at least for a time. Today, as a new election approaches that would see President
George Bush reelected, or not, one has to wonder what that has done to the resolve of a nation. In going back to the initial implementation of the act, one
sees little partisan politics and a united front against terrorism. Yet, other nuances lurk beneath the surface. Was it just a united front or was the Senate really united? The
rhetoric was powerful. During 2001, President Bush asked Congress to adopt tougher counterterrorism measures through what was called the AntiTerrorism Act of 2001 ("Watching," 2001). The administrations idea
in this act suggests that more than fifty provisions are needed in order to combat terrorism (2001). The provisions include the expansion of the governments ability to implement wiretaps and
to increase the authority of law enforcement to seize terrorist funds (2001). It eases restrictions in terms of the necessity to obtain search warrants and allows the FBI more
power to look at Internet transmissions (2001). The law allows the surveillance of people living in the U.S. or just visiting if they are not Americans and it also
allows Immigration to detain legal immigrants without cause for as long as they like (2001). Finally, the act authorizes Immigration to deport those who are not citizens but who
are suspected of terrorism (2001). Ashcroft requested that Congress act on the proposal rather quickly in order to avert a future attack (2001). The pressure was on! With 9/11 in
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