No. That was a cloture vote on whether or not to take up S.2271 (USA PATRIOT Act Amendment) for debate. Now the Act is up for debate, and a cloture vote on the bill is scheduled for the week the Senate returns from recess, sepcifically Tuesday, February 28. A vote on the bill (good bet that cloture will pass) is scehduled for March 1st.
This [NSA terrorist surveillance] is emerging as a major behind the scenes fight between Congress and the executive.
There's plenty of fighting in the open too ;-) I don't think it's unhealthy, which puts me in a distinct minority among FReepers.
At any rate, I think the Sunday shows will be yawner again this week. Thanks for your prequel work - it's invaluable.
I see a lot of "good" in the "fighting" about this...
but, I read on another thread that Peter Hoekstra feels that the NSA program is already dead...that what has already been revealed has effectively made it useless.
Therefore, all of this argueing and posturing, will be more for the "future" and the definition of Presidential powers as written in the Constitution, or it should be..IMHO.