More g-d kabuki theater from the ruling class of the Uni-party. If anyone believes that the NSA regime will not get its Gestapo tactics reauthorized, then I have some ocean front property in Arizona to sell you. Mitch McConnell is as evil as the day is long, and therefore that treasonous SOB will make sure his slaves tow the line - just as always. The GOP is a rotting corpse - and the Democrat maggots are happily feeding upon whatever remains. The entire political class is nothing but one giant greasy turd that needs to flushed down the sewer pipe and into oblivion.
I am glad this bill failed. I am glad if the Senate refuses to reauthorize the NSA spying. Sadly several of the news stories are giving credit for the failure to reauthorize to the Democrats, when in fact most of the no votes (all but one in fact) came from Republicans. OK, I get that some actually wanted a more intrusive spying bill. But it only goes to show how screwed up and ass backwards Washington has become. Voting no to mean yes, voting yes to mean no, abstaining to show support, voting as a party block instead of what is important for your state and country and so on. Nothing can be straightforward anymore. Everything is some kind of scam, con or hoodwink, some kind of diversion. Even the bills are put for consideration (like this one) as a trick. I fear it is way beyond reform.
Anyway bottom line on this, if we can stop the NSA and all federal agencies from collecting information on Americans without a warrant it is a good thing. We didn’t sign up for it. Unlike Hillary, who should have to turn over her email and phone servers immediately. See, totally backwards! Somehow she who signed up for it gets a pass by the media, while the Democratic Senators who voted for more spying are given credit for being civil libertarians and the Republican Senators who voted against it are lumped in with those who want more spying! ...and somehow this is all totally accepted, thoughtlessly, by what seems to be the majority of Americans. Bizarre. And sad.