WASHINGTON, D.C.: The United States (US) House of Representatives on Wednesday (Thursday in Manila) narrowly beat back an effort to cut funding to National Security Agency (NSA) programs that scoop up telephone data on millions of Americans.
The amendment, following disclosures about the sweeping US surveillance programs, was backed by an unlikely coalition of ideological opposites—Tea Party Republicans and liberal Democrats—but their bid fell short in a 205-217 vote.
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