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Senator Rand Paul (C), R-KY, walks to the Senate at the US Capitol in Washington, DC on May 31, 2015. Crucial national security provisions appeared likely to expire midnight Sunday as Senator Rand Paul vowed to block any last-minute votes to extend or reform the controversial program that collects telephone data on Americans. Key parts of the USA Patriot Act which underpins domestic National Security Agency surveillance measures, including the bulk data dragnet, will "sunset" at the end of May 31 without action by lawmakers. The House passed a bill reforming surveillance provisions and ending the program that compels US telephone companies to hand over to the government information on millions of Americans who have no connection to terrorism. The Senate has yet to act, and with time running out, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell ordered senators back to the Capitol for a rare Sunday session to thrash out a solution. AFP PHOTO/ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS (Photo credit should read Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images)
Senator Rand Paul (C), R-KY, walks to the Senate at the US Capitol in Washington, DC on May 31, 2015. Crucial national security provisions appeared likely to expire midnight Sunday as Senator Rand Paul vowed to block any last-minute votes to extend or reform the controversial program that collects telephone data on Americans. Key parts of the USA Patriot Act which underpins domestic National Security Agency surveillance measures, including the bulk data dragnet, will "sunset" at the end of May 31 without action by lawmakers. The House passed a bill reforming surveillance provisions and ending the program that compels US telephone companies to hand over to the government information on millions of Americans who have no connection to terrorism. The Senate has yet to act, and with time running out, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell ordered senators back to the Capitol for a rare Sunday session to thrash out a solution. AFP PHOTO/ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS (Photo credit should read Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images)
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