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Senate Blocks Amendment to Expand FBI Surveillance Powers

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Published June 22, 2016 8:32pm ET
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Senate Blocks Amendment to Expand FBI Surveillance Powers
The Senate blocked legislation Wednesday that would expand FBI surveillance powers. Senators voted 58-38—two votes shy of the 60 required to move the legislation—in a vote that took nearly an hour to complete. The amendment introduced by Republican senators John McCain and Richard Burr was added to the Justice Department spending bill and would have […]

The Senate blocked legislation Wednesday that would expand FBI surveillance powers.

Senators voted 58-38—two votes shy of the 60 required to move the legislation—in a vote that took nearly an hour to complete.

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