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Senate May Vote On NSA Reform As Soon As Next Week

Posted by samzenpus on from the stop-looking-at-me dept.

apexcp writes Senate Majority Leader (for now) Harry Reid announced he will be taking the USA FREEDOM Act to a floor vote in the Senate as early as next week. While the bill, if passed, would be the first significant legislative reform of the NSA since 9/11, many of the act's initial supporters have since disavowed it, claiming that changes to its language mean it won't do enough to curb the abuses of the American surveillance state

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  1. It won't happen by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    The Gas and Oil Party will see to it that it will fail. When they have the majority in both the house and the senate starting next Jan. they will expand the NSA's powers and try to ram it through. If Obama vetoes it the Gas and Oil Party will impeach Obama on stupid shit much like they did to Clinton and then try to remove Obama from office. If the Gas and Oil Party is not dissolved by 2016 mark my words those racist pieces of shit will win the presidency.

    1. Re:It won't happen by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

      If they win in 2016, it will be while losing the popular vote but rigging the electoral college. Apparently, if you're a corrupt politician and people aren't stupid enough to fall for your normal BS, you just make a blatant power grab and change the rules.