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Senate to consider changes to NSA spying program
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Jun 1, 2015
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Senate to consider changes to NSA spying program
The Senate could take up changes this week to the government's broad, and controversial, surveillance program.
Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) talks with reporters on Capitol Hill, May 31, 2015 in Washington, DC. The National Security Agency's authority to collect bulk telephone data is set to expire June 1, unless the Senate can come to an agreement to extend the surveillance programs.
Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) talks with reporters on Capitol Hill, May 31, 2015 in Washington, DC. The National Security Agency's authority to collect bulk telephone data expired Sunday night.
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The Senate could take up changes this week to the government's broad, and controversial, surveillance program.

The Senate could take up changes this week to the government's broad, and controversial, surveillance program.

That comes after a contentious showdown Sunday when Senators faced a deadline to act before the law, known as the Patriot Act, expired.

We speak to Dustin Volz, staff correspondent for National Journal.