Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) vowed to press ahead with bipartisan talks about
reining in the National Security Agency's (NSA) data collections.
Wyden said this week's close House vote on an NSA amendment had
emboldened Senate critics of the NSA's widespread collection of
Americans' phone records.
"The discussions certainly have accelerated since that extraordinary
House vote … You are going to see a very strong and bipartisan effort in
the Senate to pick up on the work of the House"" Wyden said in an
interview on C-SPAN's "Newsmakers" program set to air Sunday.
The House narrowly defeated an amendment this past week that would have
cut off funding for the NSA's surveillance program. The proposal,
sponsored by Rep. Justin Amash (R-Mich.), failed 205-217.
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