NSA bulk phone data collection program expires after Senate misses deadline
Patriot Act,Rand Paul,US Senate,Politics
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Senators are returning to Capitol Hill for a rare Sunday session to vote again on extending federal surveillance programs set to expire within hours as top intelligence officials warning that allowing the programs to lapse will hurt U.S. counter-terrorism efforts.
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