NSA reform bill goes down in flames

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Well, once the Republicans take the Senate, 58 votes will probably be enough for bills to pass.

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Lief, I thought you supported this sort of thing. Also why did Rand Paul vote no- what exactly was this supposed to do?

The bill would've hired a bunch of "privacy advocates" to work in the FISA courts while extending the Patriot Act's expiration date. The fact that people like Dianne Feinstein voted for it should be enough to make clear that it was a meaningless bill designed to make it look like Obama was responding to the NSA issue.

If it was meaningless, you would have seen some Democratic no votes from the left, like Harkin, Leahy, or Sanders. The only Democratic to vote no was Bill Nelson, and he's pretty useless, so I'm sure he voted no for the wrong reasons.