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Renewal of the expiring Patriot Act powers would come through the USA Freedom Act, a House-passed bill that extends their lifespan in exchange for killing the bulk US phone records surveillance exposed in 2013 by the Guardian, thanks to whistleblower Edward Snowden.
With just six working days left for Congress to re-authorise a controversial expiring portion of the 2001 Patriot Act that the NSA has used since 2006 to justify the program, Senate Republican leaders have insisted the bulk domestic surveillance should be renewed in its current form but conceded they may not have the votes to do so.
Obama is expected to urge Congress to act, including passing a bill that would prevent Bush-era tax cuts from expiring for all but the wealthiest Americans.
While McConnell, Obama and many Freedom Act supporters describe those powers as crucial, a recent Justice Department report said the expiring "business records" provision has not led to "any major case developments".
When reporters asked Paul on Saturday morning whether he was concerned about the provisions of the Patriot Act expiring at the end of the month, the Kentucky Republican seemed unworried "We were liking the constitution for about 200 years and I think we could rely on the constitution".
With bailout funds expiring on 28 February, keeping Greece afloat and in the single currency – while not being seen to ditch the anti-austerity platform on which Syriza was elected – has been a balancing act of almost existential proportions.
The price of any given drug falls by more than 85% within a year of a patent expiring in markets like America.
With the pipelines of new drugs under development running dry, and patents of many blockbuster drugs expiring , the best hope that drug firms have is to improve the way they discover and develop new products.Paradoxically, the biggest gains are to be made from failures.
More than 60% of the leases expiring in 2011 are held by consumers with excellent payment histories, reckons Trans Union a credit-information agency.
Despite fears that a first quarter full of uncertainty over fiscal showdowns, expiring tax cuts, and automatic spending increases would present serious headwinds to the American economy, private firms seem willing to keep hiring, and at an impressive pace by the standards of this expansion.
For instance, almost every program that calculates credit-card expiration dates has already passed through one day (or one hour) when it rejected cards expiring in the 21st century.
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The primary grammatical function of "expiring" is as an adjective or present participle modifying a noun. It describes something that is in the process of ending or ceasing to be valid. Ludwig examples show it qualifying nouns like "Patriot Act powers", "bailout funds", and "tax cuts".
Expression frequency: Very common
