"This is a tremendous victory that restores important constitutional rights to the American people," said Vermont’s Independent Representative, Bernard Sanders, the sponsor of the measure. He said the vote would help "rein in an administration intent on chipping away at the very civil liberties that define us as a nation."

President Bush did threaten to veto the measure, but the House ruled 238 to 187 in favor. This will prevent the Justice Department and the FBI from using the Patriot Act to peek at library records and bookstore sales slips.

Those that support the Patriot Act believe that this reduction in the Act's power will make libraries a safe house for terrorist activities.

"If there are terrorists in libraries studying how to fly planes, how to put together biological weapons, how to put together chemical weapons, nuclear weapons ... we have to have an avenue through the federal court system so that we can stop the attack before it occurs," said Florida's Republican Representative, Tom Feeney.

According to those that support the House vote, the provisions in the Act gave the FBI an extreme amount of power. This would let them check on the reading habits of an individual, and possibly tag an innocent person as a terrorist threat.