Senate blocks House bill on NSA surveillance, 2-month.
Senate blocks House bill on NSA surveillance, 2-month extension. Posted by: in Politics 4 hours ago 0 Views. 0523 nsa.jpg. June 6, 2013: A sign stands outside the National Security Agency (NSA) campus in Fort Meade, Md. (AP). BREAKING NEWS ��� The Republican-led Senate blocked a House bill early Saturday that would have ended the National Security Agencys bulk of collection on domestic phone records. The vote was 57-42, short of the 60-vote threshold to��.
Senate blocks House bill on NSA surveillance, 2-month extension
The Republican-led Senate blocked a House-passed bill and several short-term extensions of the USA Patriot Act early Saturday. The big stumbling block was a House-passed measure to end the National Security Agencys bulk collection of domestic phone .
Senate blocks House surveillance bill, 2-month extension.
WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The Senate struggled unsuccessfully to prevent an interruption in critical government surveillance programs early Saturday, blocking a House-passed bill and several short-term extensions of the USA Patriot. Then he would have the NSA transition to the system envisioned by the USA Freedom Act. But he would allow the transition to take more time ��� two years, not six months.. Good Luck Class of 15: New Grads Face a Weak Wage Growth.
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Bill To Limit NSA Surveillance Will Get Senate Vote
Lee said he would ���object rather strongly��� to the two-month extension McConnell is now floating. Another possibility, Lee said, is a ���very short-term. To Paul, even the Houses NSA reform bill doesnt go far enough to rein in the intelligence communitys surveillance powers. And Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) is with him, vowing on Tuesday to prevent an extension of the existing program, even with a filibuster. ���I would do everything it takes -- everything, underline��.