Part of bill that would curb NSA fail to get supermajority of 60 votes . White House , liberal , and some libertarian Republicans supported the bill . Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell led the opposition against the bill . Under bill , government could no longer keep large amounts of personal information in its databases .
Supporters of bill that would curb NSA fail to get supermajority of 60 votes . White House , liberal Democrats and some libertarian Republicans supported the bill . Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell led the charge against the bill . Under bill , government could no longer keep large amounts of call information in its databases .