Senate expected to pass FBI spying bill after Orlando shooting
- 8 years ago
The U.S. Senate on Wednesday is expected to approve a GOP-backed proposal to expand the FBI's secretive surveillance powers following the mass shooting at an Orlando gay nightclub last week.
The spying bill is the Republican response to the massacre after a push for gun-control measures sponsored by both major U.S. parties failed earlier this week.
The bill, which President Obama has prioritized has for years, “will allow the FBI to collect the dots so they can connect the dots, and that’s been the biggest problem that they’ve had in identifying these homegrown, radicalized terrorists,’” Senator John Cornyn said Tuesday.
The spying bill is the Republican response to the massacre after a push for gun-control measures sponsored by both major U.S. parties failed earlier this week.
The bill, which President Obama has prioritized has for years, “will allow the FBI to collect the dots so they can connect the dots, and that’s been the biggest problem that they’ve had in identifying these homegrown, radicalized terrorists,’” Senator John Cornyn said Tuesday.