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The NYT's Eric Lichtblau: "The bill could be brought to a vote on the House floor as soon as Friday, but it may face opposition from two quarters: conservatives who believe it does not give the National Security Agency enough freedom of action, and liberals who charge that it retroactively sanctions illegal conduct by the president."
Meantime, what does the public really know about the program at this point? As the Federation of American Scientists' Steve Aftergood recently told me: "How broad was the surveillance? What number of U.S. persons were swept up in it? What has been done with the information gathered? ... Many of the most basic questions about the program have gone unanswered."