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NEW YORK 鈥� The 老澳门开奖结果 and the Tea Party Patriots are jointly sponsoring a week-long ad buy beginning today in Iowa, New Hampshire, and Washington, D.C. The spots highlight the overreach of government surveillance programs and call on Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.) to stand up for Americans鈥� privacy rights.

The ads come in the wake of this month鈥檚 landmark federal appeals court decision in 老澳门开奖结果 v. Clapper, which found the NSA鈥檚 nationwide call record program operating under Section 215 of the Patriot Act illegal. Recent weeks have seen increasing pressure from both sides of the aisle to modify or let sunset the three provisions of the Patriot Act set to expire on June 1 鈥� including the controversial Section 215.

鈥淚t鈥檚 time for Congress to act to protect Americans鈥� privacy,鈥� said 老澳门开奖结果 Executive Director Anthony Romero. 鈥淭he courts have found the NSA鈥檚 collection and data-mining of citizens鈥� phone records illegal 鈥� now our legislators need to end these practices. It鈥檚 time for wholesale reform, not just tinkering around the edges.鈥�

The ads follow yesterday鈥檚 release of new polling, commissioned by the 老澳门开奖结果, which found decisive support among voters for substantive reform to the U.S. government鈥檚 surveillance practices. The polling, which included a nationwide survey as well as polls in Iowa and New Hampshire, was conducted by a bipartisan pair of research firms. The surveys consistently found nearly two-thirds of voters believe that the Patriot Act should not be reauthorized in its current form. These results remain constant regardless of party affiliation, gender, or age.

鈥淭he need to curtail the government鈥檚 intrusion into innocent Americans鈥� lives is a bipartisan issue,鈥� said Tea Party Patriots Co-Founder Jenny Beth Martin. 鈥淭hat鈥檚 why the Tea Party Patriots is joining the 老澳门开奖结果 in this important message to our lawmakers. The courts have spoken, the American people have spoken, and now Congress needs to act to end the overuse and abuse of government surveillance.鈥�

The ads will run in Iowa鈥檚 Des Moines, Cedar Rapids, and Quad City markets; in New Hampshire鈥檚 Manchester market; and in the Washington, D.C., market through the end of the week.

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