US Senate narrowly rejects placing new limits on internet surveillance

The United States Senate came one vote short Wednesday of approving a proposal to prevent federal law enforcement from obtaining internet browsing information or search history without seeking a warrant.

The bipartisan amendment won a solid majority of the Senate but just shy of the 60 votes needed for adoption.

The 59-37 vote to allow such secret searches to continue split both parties, with Republicans and Democrats voting for and against.

The amendment's authors, Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon and Republican Sen. Steve Daines of Montana, have long opposed the expansion and renewal of surveillance laws that the