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The Senate voted 52 to 46 .. http://politics.nytimes.com/congress/votes/112/senate/2/187 .. to cut off debate, falling short of the 60 needed to force a final vote on the measure, which had bipartisan support but ran into a fight over what amendments to the legislation could be proposed.
Soon after the vote, the White House released a statement calling the outcome “a profound disappointment.”
“The politics of obstructionism, driven by special interest groups seeking to avoid accountability, prevented Congress from passing legislation to better protect our nation from potentially catastrophic cyberattacks,” the statement said.
The bill’s most vocal opponents were a group of Republican senators led by John McCain of Arizona, who took the side of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce .. http://www.uschamber.com/ .. and steadfastly opposed the legislation, arguing that it would be too burdensome for corporations.
In the hopes of winning over Mr. McCain and the other Republicans, the bill had been significantly watered down .. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/28/us/politics/new-revisions-weaken-senate-cybersecurity-bill.html .. in recent weeks by its sponsors, led by Senator Joseph I. Lieberman, who made the standards optional. Original versions of the bill said the standards would be mandatory and gave the government the power to enforce them.
Mr. Lieberman, the independent from Connecticut who is chairman of the Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee, and the bill’s other sponsors, including the committee’s ranking member, Senator Susan Collins, Republican of Maine, had worked for the past several years to pass cybersecurity legislation.
At a meeting last week, Mr. Lieberman got into an argument with Mr. McCain, his closest ally and friend in the Senate, about his opposition to the bill. Mr. Lieberman questioned why Mr. McCain was doing the bidding of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and asked what Mr. McCain would say if the nation was crippled by a cyberattack.
Mr. McCain angrily said his reputation on national security issues was unquestionable.
The Obama administration had tried to sell members of Congress on the need for the legislation through closed-door briefings from high-ranking national security officials and pleas from officials who had served in President George W. Bush’s administration about the looming threat of a catastrophic cyberattack.
After the vote, Ms. Collins said it was a “shameful day” and expressed disappointment with her fellow senators who lacked “a sense of urgency” about a looming cyberattack.
“We often hear the from members on both sides of the aisle, but particularly Republican members, that we need to be listening more to generals on the ground,” Ms. Collins said. “But listen to the generals who had responsibility in this area” who told members of Congress “over and over again” that the nation was not prepared for a cyberattack.
“I cannot think of another area where the threat is greater and we are less prepared,” she said.
The Senate Republican leader, Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, said that “no one doubts the need to strengthen our cyberdefenses.”
“We all recognize the problem, that’s really not the issue here,” Mr. McConnell said.
“It’s the matter that the majority leader has tried to steamroll a bill,” Mr. McConnell said, referring to Senator Harry Reid, Democrat of Nevada.
The bill called for the government to provide businesses with classified information about cyberthreats and gave companies the option of sharing information about cyberthreats with the government. White House officials said the president opposed that bill because it called for too much information sharing between the government and businesses, which could have led to violations of Americans civil liberties.
Jennifer Steinhauer contributed reporting.
A version of this article appeared in print on August 3, 2012, on page A3 of the National edition with the headline: Cybersecurity Bill Is Blocked by G.O.P. Filibuster.
The group had previously announced in April that Young would be taking a break .. http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/ac-dc-not-breaking-up-amid-retirement-rumors-20140416 .. from the band and that it would be recording a new record without him. When AC/DC announced that it would be putting out the record, Rock or Bust, this fall, they confirmed that Young would not be returning to the band, "due to the nature of Malcolm's condition." They did not go into the specifics of the illness.
Young's nephew, Stevie Young, played rhythm guitar in Malcolm's stead on Rock or Bust. He will also be filling in for the elder Young on the group's upcoming world tour in 2015.
"We miss Malcolm, obviously," AC/DC frontman Brian Johnson .. http://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/brian-johnson .. told Classic Rock .. http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/ac-dc-share-new-album-details-malcolm-young-health-update-20140709 .. in July at a time when the band was optimistic about the guitarist's return. "He's a fighter. He's in [the] hospital, but he's a fighter. We've got our fingers crossed that he'll get strong again.... Stevie, Malcolm's nephew, was magnificent, but when you're recording with this thing hanging over you and your work mate isn't well, it's difficult. But I'm sure [Malcolm] was rooting for us."
Rock or Bust will feature 11 new AC/DC songs when it comes out on December 2nd. In September, the band began teasing the song "Play Ball" in ads for Major League Baseball's Postseason campaign on Turner Sports.
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