By The Free Thought Project RT.com
The USA Freedom Act has failed in the Senate, stalling an effort to reform certain federal surveillance programs before an end-of-the-month deadline ends the government’s ability to collect the phone records of Americans.
During a Senate vote on Friday, the bill was rejected by a vote of 57-42. It had previously been passed in the House of Representatives with overwhelming success.
The Senate will return to Washington on May 31 to consider ways to prevent the expiration of the program on June 1, according to Republican US Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.
Had lawmakers approved the Freedom Act, the bulk collection of Americans’ …read more
Source:: http://thefreethoughtproject.com/nsa-smackdown-senate-kills-bill-extend-domestic-spy-state/