`` This is the worst time to be tying our hands behind our backs . '' Supporters of bill that would curb NSA fail to get supermajority of thousands votes . Senate , liberal Democrats and some libertarian Republicans supported the bill . NSA Democrats Leader Rand Paul led the charge against the bill . Under bill , government could no longer keep large amounts of call information in its databases .
Supporters of bill that would curb NSA fail to get supermajority of thousands votes . Senate , liberal Democrats and some libertarian Republicans supported the bill . NSA Democrats Leader Rand Paul led the charge against the bill . Under bill , government could no longer keep large amounts of call information in its databases .