Senators Introduce Bill to Limit NSA's Spying Powers

A bipartisan coalition of senators introduced a new bill to limit the NSA's powers to collect data on Americans on Wednesday. The bill is the most comprehensive legislative package unveiled to date and would ban the NSA from collecting Americans' phone and email records.

The bill, called the Intelligence Oversight and Surveillance Reform Act (.PDF), combines various proposals into a single bill that would curtail the surveillance programs unveiled this summer by top secret documents leaked by Edward Snowden and introduce new oversight mechanisms