WASHINGTON, May 23 (UPI) -- The Senate early Saturday couldn't agree on a measure that would stop U.S. spying through phone records and extend the program past June 1, instead opting to reconvene earlier than expected.
Three spying provisions of the USA Patriot Act are scheduled to expire on June 1, including the National Security Agency's bulk collection of domestic phone records. Senators left Washington Saturday after the rare overnight session for a weeklong Memorial Day vacation. They will return May 31, a day before the program is set to expire.