There's a video of the whole session at http://www.c-span.org/video/?326202-3/us-senate-votes-nsa-surveillance http://www.c-span.org/video/?326202-3/us-senate-v

There's a video of the whole session at http://www.c-span.org/video/?326202-3/us-senate-votes-nsa-surveillance http://www.c-span.org/video/?326202-3/us-senate-votes-nsa-su... It gets really dramatic at around 1:04, after McConnell's 2-month reauth was blocked as well (46-52). Shorter-term reauths needed unanimous consent. McConnell proposed a 1-week extension and Rand Paul objected, requesting to have a guarantee to have 2 amendments voted on. McConnell proposed a four-day, three-day, two-day, and one-day extensions; Rand Paul objects to all. Then after a few minutes McConnell came back to say "well, we have one more chance to act responsibly, see you on the 31st." EDIT: Buzzfeed has the confrontation on video at http://www.buzzfeed.com/katherinemiller/in-a-box-with-a-fox http://www.buzzfeed.com/katherinemiller/in-a-box-with-a-fox