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Senate Inches Closer to Debate on CISA

Valerie Insinna

Tuesday, August 4th, 2015

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Before heading out on August recess, Senate is gearing up for a fistfight over legislation that incentivizes the sharing of cyber threat indicators between the private and public sectors.A motion to proceed on the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 (S.754) is slated for Wednesday morning. On Tuesday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) offered a unanimous consent agreement that would have let the Senate immediately consider the bill in exchange for allowing up to 10 relevant amendments from both…

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