A Congressional vote on the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA) before its August recess is “unlikely,” The Hill reports. “I’m sad to say I don’t think that’s going to happen,” said Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn (R-TX), adding,“I think we’re just running out time.” NationalJournal reports that “extra time could help” as CISA “has numerous political hurdles to clear that may not be easily negotiated during the first week of August.” Critics have picked apart CISA’s issues, even going so far as to say that passing it into law would be a mistake. Meanwhile, a Vormetric poll has found that 92 percent of Americans are in favor of “retaliation in the wake of cyberattacks that compromise sensitive government data.”
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