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House aides say that Rep. F. James Sensenbrenner (R-WI), Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, has backed out of agreeing to the compromise measure. A vote on the Sununu provision -- named for Sen. John Sununu (R-NH) who negotiated the compromise, has been yanked from a floor vote in the House today.
Senate offices working on the bill could not immediately be reached for comment.
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Aides say that the moderate Republicans who had pushed for the compromise -- including Sununu, Sen. Larry Craig (R-ID), Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE) and Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AL) -- may be put in the uncomfortable position of either opposing the bill flat out or accepting the conference report with the understanding that the full Patriot Act may never reach compromise in the House.
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