Top GOP senator introduces compromise plan to reform domestic spying program

Published May 22, 2015 7:24pm ET



Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr just released a domestic surveillance reform plan that he hopes will bridge a divide between Republicans and Democrats over extending the expiring law.

Burr, R-N.C., said his proposal “plugs the holes” left by House-passed legislation that would immediately end the National Security Agency’s bulk collection of data, and instead provides a two-year transition period.

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