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Print |. A A. Congressman Jim Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., an author of the Patriot Act, is calling for Director of National Intelligence James Clapper to be prosecuted for lying to Congress last March in response to a question by Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., about alleged NSA snooping on Americans.
Report Abuse. The social legislation of which you speak was actually passed by a republican congress. Amazingly enough, bills such as the Civil Rights Bill of 1964 were filibustered by the democrats. Johnson himself (along with Sen. John F. Kennedy) tried to stop the Civil Rights Bill of 1957.When he/they found they could not, they so watered it down with verbiage that it was rendered ineffective.eport Abuse. The social legislation of which you speak was actually passed by a republican congress. Amazingly enough, bills such as the Civil Rights Bill of 1964 were filibustered by the democrats. Johnson himself (along with Sen. John F. Kennedy) tried to stop the Civil Rights Bill of 1957.