| A divided House defeated legislation Wednesday that would have blocked the National Security Agency from collecting vast amounts of phone records, handing the Obama administration a hard-fought victory in the first Congressional showdown on intelligence policy since Edward Snowden’s security breaches last month. |
| But the bipartisan coalition, pressing to rein in the N.S.A., vowed that the increasing outrage unleashed by Mr. Snowden’s leaks would overwhelm opposition in the coming months. |
| The 217-205 vote was far closer than expected and displayed the shifting allegiances and fierce lobbying on both sides. Conservative Republicans — leery of what they see as Obama administration abuses of power — teamed with liberal Democrats long opposed to intrusive intelligence programs in a left-right coalition. The Obama administration made common cause with the House Republican leadership to try to block it. |
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