US Senate poised for all-night voting session on NSA reform bill

Rand Paul filibuster scuppers Republican leadership's attempts to push through an extension of surveillance powers and release senators for holiday weekend The US Senate was poised for an all-night voting session on NSA reform after the Republican leadership was unable to ram through a temporary extension of surveillance powers. Senate leader Mitch McConnell had been hoping to get unanimous consent to push through an extension of the controversial Patriot Act for either one or two weeks to allow...