Senate temporarily votes down controversial online surveillance expansion

Congress has failed to pass an expansion of online surveillance powers for monitoring suspected terrorists — at least for now. In a vote today, the Senate fell just short of the 60 votes needed to adopt an amendment brought by Senator John McCain (R-AZ), mustering only 58 supporters. But the proposal could be up for reconsideration soon: as Reuters notes, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) switched his vote to "No" in order to bring it up again, as soon as later this week.