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• US Senate leader pushes to extend NSA phone dragnet

  The Senate may work into the weekend to find a deal on extending portions of the Patriot Act

• US House of Representatives votes to narrow NSA's phone records collection

  The USA Freedom Act still allows the agency to collect records in a more targeted manner

• 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

• House committee approves bill to end NSA phone records program

  Now the bill goes to the House floor for a vote

• US bill to rein in NSA phone data collection reintroduced

  The USA Freedom Act aims to end the agency's bulk collection of U.S. telephone records

• Groups pressure US lawmakers with NSA surveillance scorecard

  Dozens of lawmakers get F's for NSA reform in scorecard by EFF, Free Press and other groups

Features about Jim Sensenbrenner

• Debate over NSA surveillance shifts with judge's ruling, task force report

  Critics of the agency's surveillance programs say momentum has shifted in the debate