US Senate passes controversial CISA bill
The US Senate convened for a vote on the controversial Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA) today as well as five amendments to it. All five amendments, which would have restrained law enforcement from abusing the bill’s powers as well as made corporations more accountable for their roles in protecting consumer information, have failed. A cloture motion, which prevents filibustering the initiative, passed at the start of the session today by a vote of 83 – 14. The bill itself passed the Senate with a 74 – 21 vote (it needed 60). It must now do the same in the House before being either signed into law or vetoed by the President.
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