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CISA Passes, Most Amendments Fail

Tuesday, October 27th, 2015

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CISA Passes, Most Amendments Fail

Following the Senate’s rejection of most amendments brought to the floor, the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA, S.754) passed late Tuesday 74-21.This vote followed a strong 83-14 bipartisan cloture vote on Thursday moving forward the cyber security information sharing legislation (Defense Daily, Oct. 22). Before the amendments were considered today, chief sponsors Sens. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) and Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), the chairman and vice-chairman respectively of the Senate Intelligence Committee, reiterated their opposition to all amendments that would upset the…

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