Congress sends terrorism-fighting bill to Obama

WASHINGTON (AP) — Con­gress on Thurs­day passed a four-year exten­sion of post-Sept. 11 pow­ers to search records and con­duct rov­ing wire­taps in pur­suit of ter­ror­ists. Votes taken in rapid suc­ces­sion in the Sen­ate and House came after law­mak­ers rejected attempts to tem­per the law enforce­ment pow­ers to ensure that indi­vid­ual lib­er­ties are not abused.