WASHINGTON -- A National Security Agency reform bill failed to clear a key procedural hurdle in the Senate on Tuesday night, torpedoed by opposition from Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and talk of the threat from the Islamic State. Senators voted 58 to 42 to advance debate on the USA Freedom Act, which is meant to end the NSA's controversial domestic call tracking program. The bill thus failed by two votes to invoke cloture, the procedural step that precedes a simple majority vote in the Senate. More...
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