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Sen. Rand Paul ceded the Senate floor after 11 1/2 hours Wednesday night, capping a high-profile condemnation of the U.S. government's surveillance practices and a call to let expiring provisions of the PATRIOT Act sunset at the end of the month.

Taking to the floor shortly after 1:15 p.m. Wednesday, Paul's speech amounted to a de facto filibuster, although it was unclear if he actually delayed Senate legislative business. Other lawmakers -- some of them Democrats -- came to Paul's aid over the course of his speech, in which the Kentucky lawmaker criticized widespread data collection on Americans. Paul also solidified his opposition to the USA Freedom Act, a surveillance reform bill that passed easily through the House.

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