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• US senators stall vote to extend NSA phone records dragnet

  Senator Rand Paul filibusters efforts to pass a bill to renew parts of the Patriot Act past June 1

• Critics blast US NSA phone records bill as 'fake reform'

  Even some supporters say the USA Freedom Act should be only one step toward surveillance reform

• Civil liberties groups oppose bill ending NSA's bulk phone records program

  The USA Freedom Act's changes to the phone records program are 'modest' at best, opponents say

• Thousands call on Congress to overturn net neutrality rules

  A petition from conservative group American Commitment calls the rules the 'most radical act imaginable'

• Both sides make last-minute push on Net neutrality

  Groups for and against strong rules try to score points just over a week before the FCC's vote

• Net neutrality advocates: Hybrid approach won't work

  A proposal to reclassify only part of broadband service as a regulated utility wouldn't protect consumers, groups say