Original sentence: A $40 billion emergency spending bill was passed by the United States Congress, and an additional $20 billion bail-out of the airline industry was also passed.In a speech on June 9, 2005, Bush said that the "Patriot Act" had been used to bring charges against more than 400 suspects, more than half of whom had been convicted.The Bush administration began an initiative in early 2002 with the creation of the Information Awareness Office, designed to collect, index, and consolidate all available information on everyone in a central repository for perusal by the United States government.The Bush administration implemented the Continuity of Operations Plan (or Continuity of Government)  to ensure that U
Edited sentence: A $40 billion emergency spending bill was quickly passed by the United States Congress, and an additional $20 billion bail-out of the airline industry was also passed.For the first time ever, the Bush administration implemented the Continuity of Operations Plan (or Continuity of Government) to create a shadow government to ensure the executive branch of the U.In a speech on June 9, 2005, Bush claimed that the "Patriot Act" had been used to bring charges against more than 400 suspects, more than half of whom had been convicted.The Bush administration began an unprecedented and sweeping initiative in early 2002 with the creation of the Information Awareness Office, designed to collect, index, and consolidate all available information on everyone in a central repository for perusal by the United States government