On Wednesday, the House approved legislation that would put an end to the bulk collection of phone records by the National Security Agency.
The bipartisan USA Freedom Act passed 338 to 88, and would stop the NSA from collecting metadata about when people place phone calls and what numbers are being dialed, The Hill reports. The bill, which would also require the NSA to obtain a court order to see data and would place limits on the types of data that can be collected, was opposed by 47 Republicans and 41 Democrats.
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