Looks like Congress is growing a pair, finally: House Votes to Limit Patriot Act Rules – Yahoo! News

WASHINGTON – In a slap at President Bush, lawmakers voted Wednesday to block the Justice Department and the FBI from using the Patriot Act to peek at library records and bookstore sales slips.

The House voted 238-187 despite a veto threat from Bush to block the part of the anti-terrorism law that allows the government to investigate the reading habits of terror suspects.

They’re still getting ready to extend the rest of the Patriot Act and further BushCo’s dream of eviscerating every single one of our civil liberties, but at least now the FBI won’t be snooping through your reading list to see how many times you’ve checked out Catcher In The Rye.

It’s too bad they’re not drawing the line until library books — a hotbed of terrorist activity, it’s true — but at least they’re drawing a line.