EXPIRED, BUT NOT DEAD

Rand Paul successfully blocks extension of the Patriot Act

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2015/06/patriot-act-powers-lapse-after-deal-is-blocked.html

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/06/01/1389452/-McConnell-caves-on-NSA-Patriot-Act-provisions-nbsp-expire

More: http://www.vox.com/2015/5/31/8695583/rand-paul-patriot-explained

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2015/