Senator Patrick Leahy said he would not give up putting the bill forward after this poll.

(VOVworld) – With a vote of 58-42, the US Senate on Tuesday failed to get the 60 votes needed to advance a bill that would stop the National Security Agency’s controversial phone record collection on millions of Americans who are not suspected of any crime. The bill is effectively dead for this year and is unlikely to be revived when the new Congress convenes in January. Senator Patrick Leahy, the bill’s sponsor, told a press conference that he was very disappointed with the poll’s result and would not give up. Senate Democrat Ron Wyden said that the US Congress needed a policy ensuring the citizens’ personal freedom as well as national security and it should be started now.