Senate leadership pushing a surveillance bill as Americans focused on Covid-19
The article neglects to mention that the bill already passed the democratic house without much debate.<p>The President of the United States wants the Senate bill to remove powers given to the executive branch, because he's convinced they were used against him. Yes, that's right, the president of the United States wants the Senate to amend the bill to reduce the power of the executive branch.<p>In other words, by characterizing this bill as something Senate republicans are trying to do to increase the power of the federal government, the article neglects to mention that (a) the bill has already passed the Democrat-led house (sponsored by Adam Schiff, BTW) and (b) that the head of the Republican party, the POTUS, wants more restrictions on the powers they're giving to him. That would certainly change the headline, but wouldn't satisfy  people's republican bashing appetite.<p><a href="https://www.usnews.com/news/technology/articles/2020-03-16/us-senate-votes-to-extend-surveillance-tools-for-77-days" rel="nofollow">https://www.usnews.com/news/technology/articles/2020-03-16/u...</a>