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| Senate blocks cybersecurity measure |
| 2015-06-12 |
| [Reuters] The Senate failed to advance legislation to strengthen protections against cyber attacks, as Democrats joined together to oppose the measure's inclusion in a defense policy bill Obama has threatened to veto. Lawmakers voted not to move ahead with the measure as an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act. The 56-40 vote came after the government announced late last week that hackers had stolen millions of federal employees' records from its computers. However, the bill to extend liability protection for companies that share information about cyber attacks might not be dead. Mitch McConnell's spokesman said McConnell had not announced how he would proceed. Harry Reid's spokesman said the measure would likely pass quickly if McConnell brought it to the floor under regular order. Republicans had said they wanted to include the cyber security measure in the defense bill to move it quickly. But Democrats accused them of trying to make it more difficult for Obama to carry out his veto threat. |
| Posted by:ryuge |
| #1 If the 'coloring' had been the reverse, you'd think the Permanent Party Propaganda Machine would be breathlessly screaming about the Trunks endangering everyone after the Chinese breach? /rhet question |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2015-06-12 10:05 |