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Senate Kicks Off August Recess, Postpones Cyber Bill Until September

Valerie Insinna

Wednesday, August 5th, 2015

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Senate Kicks Off August Recess, Postpones Cyber Bill Until September

The Senate on Wednesday shelved until September debate of a cybersecurity bill aimed at increasing threat information shared between private entities and government.Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) revoked cloture on the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 (S.754) and announced that there would be no further roll call votes this week, kicking off August recess. Upon return, senators will debate the Iran nuclear deal before proceeding to the cyber bill. McConnell and Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid agreed that…

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