ABC News’ John R. Parkinson reports:
The House of Representatives fell a few votes short tonight, narrowly failing to pass HR 514 – the Patriot Act Extension.
The vote, 277-148, failed to get the necessary two-thirds majority it needed to pass under the rules of suspensions, falling just seven votes short of a two-thirds majority of those voting and present.
In a largely bipartisan vote, 67 House Democrats voted in favor of its passage while 26 Republicans opposed the extension.
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