Senate blocks spy law extension

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The Senate early Saturday failed to find agreement on passing a bill to extend a federal surveillance law and will instead reconvene in an unusual Sunday session next week to try again.

Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., adjourned the Senate until Sunday May 31, one day before the expiration of a law that permits the National Security Agency to conduct anti-terrorism surveillance.

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