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<div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/179/spy_audio.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='US Senate Votes on Spy Programs' data-article-id='416'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='13604'>The US Congress completed action Tuesday to end the government's huge program of collecting telephone call data designed to help stop terrorist attacks. </span> <span data-start-time='13604' data-end-time='19083'>American telephone companies will take over the task in six months.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='19083' data-end-time='28771'>The Senate voted 67-32 in favor of legislation already approved by the House of Representatives. </span> <span data-start-time='28771' data-end-time='33375'>It was then sent to President Barack Obama for his signature. </span> <span data-start-time='33375' data-end-time='38396'>Mr. Obama says he will quickly sign the legislation. </span> <span data-start-time='38396' data-end-time='45896'>He says the new rules protect both civil liberties and national security.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img 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The US Congress completed action Tuesday to end the government's huge program of collecting telephone call data designed to help stop terrorist attacks. American telephone companies will take over the task in six months.
The Senate voted 67-32 in favor of legislation already approved by the House of Representatives. It was then sent to President Barack Obama for his signature. Mr. Obama says he will quickly sign the legislation. He says the new rules protect both civil liberties and national security.
What does protect mean?
unable to escape
a place of work
a small bomb
to defend or guard
Why was the government collecting telephone call data?
to censor people
to stop terrorist attacks
to spy
for unknown reasons
Obama believes the new rules protect civil liberties.
