Senate · Roll call 282 · 2nd session · Nov. 18, 2014 A vote to end debate on S. 2685, the USA FREEDOM Act of 2014, a bill to reform federal surveillance and information-gathering authorities.

How each party voted

Party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides.

About this vote

The bill is described as reforming federal authorities to require the production of certain business records, conduct electronic surveillance, and use pen registers and trap and trace devices for foreign intelligence, counterterrorism, and criminal purposes. Cloture needs three-fifths of the Senate.

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Summary by the Congressional Research Service

Uniting and Strengthening America by Fulfilling Rights and Ensuring Effective Discipline Over Monitoring Act of 2014 or the USA FREEDOM Act of 2014 - Title I: FISA Business Records Reforms - Amends the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA) to establish a new process to be followed when the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) submits an application to a FISA court for an order requiring the production of tangible things (commonly referred to as business records) for an investigation to obtain foreign intelligence information not concerning a U.S.