It wasn't even a full-blown defunding, either, just one part of the massive leviathan that is the NSA, yet the Obamites killed it, with help from the McCain crowd. Here's some background info from a few days ago, to let you know what the bill was about:

http://reason.com/blog/2013/07/24/white-house-totally-ready-to-have-that...

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