Senate Should Pass Leahy's USA Freedom Act, Nadler Says

The Senate must act on surveillance overhaul during the lame-duck session, said Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., ranking member of the Judiciary IP Subcommittee. “The most recent version of the USA Freedom Act, reintroduced in the Senate by Senator Patrick Leahy, [D-Vt.,] contains bipartisan reform measures supported by a historic alliance of stakeholders; including the White House, liberal Democrats, conservative Republicans, the intelligence community and privacy advocates,” said Nadler in a Monday letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. He urged the Senate “to pass the USA Freedom Act once Congress reconvenes on Nov. 12 and to send it back to the House for a final vote of approval.”