According to The Wall Street Journal, “The Senate on Sunday advanced legislation ending the National Security Agency’s collection of millions of Americans’ telephone records in a key test vote, setting up its passage later this week, in a reversal for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.) and a victory for the White House.” Yesterday, the Senate voted 77-17 in favor of the House bill (last week the measure was three votes short of advancing). McConnell said the bill is “not ideal,” but “it’s now the only realistic way forward.” The newly proposed U.S.A. Freedom Act would replace the 2001 Patriot Act, provisions of which expired last night.