Bipartisan upset over a federal spy law the Senate must renew by Friday complicates the chamber’s plans to depart for a scheduled recess Thursday afternoon.
already had his hands full with a group of Republicans opposing the quick dismissal of impeachment articles against Homeland Security Secretarythe Senate must renew by Friday, plus a possible House vote on foreign aid, is complicating the chamber’s plans to depart for a scheduled recess Thursday afternoon.
The net effect will be a temporary delay. Democrats, who consider the impeachment politically motivated, are expected to table or dismiss the articles, perhaps even with the help of Republican centrists. The bill cleared the House last week but not without controversy as privacy-minded Democrats and libertarian Republicans joined forces to oppose the law as written.
He has signaled he will oppose the legislation without the amendment vote, which narrowly failed on the House floor last week.
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