A bipartisan effort to reform or shutter the federal government's massive warrantless spying regime ended, for now, in failure on Thursday morning as Congress approved a temporary renewal of the program as part of a military funding package.
The $886 billion National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) cleared its final hurdle in the House with a 310–118 vote (73 Republicans and 45 Democrats opposed its passage), less than a day after the Senate approved the bill with an 87–13 vote.
