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Republican Delays Vote on Legislation That Would Require a Warrant to Read Email
- The Hill, Monday, August 5, 2013 11:52 AM
A Republican senator, whose identity remains anonymous, has delayed the vote on legislation that would require police to get a warrant in order to read emails and other online messages of citizens who are under investigation. The Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, a Democrat from Vermont, pushed to do a vote that would update the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) of 1986, before Congress left for its August break. Leahy had secured unanimous support from Democrats, but at least one Republican objected to the bill. The opposition means that the vote will be delayed until at least September.
