Tulsi Gabbard and Mark Takai, the Democrats from Hawaii, were among the minority Wednesday in a 338-88 vote on the USA Freedom Act.

As The Hill reports, the legislation would prevent the National Security Agency from collecting “metadata” about phone numbers people dial and when calls are placed:

“The bill faces an uncertain path forward. The politics surrounding the legislation are scrambled, and the Senate has just two weeks before the existing law authorizing the NSA’s metadata collection expires. Supporters of the program warn that if the law isn’t extended, it will seriously compromise national security.”

Inside view looking up the dome inside the U.S. Capitol.

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In a statement after the vote, Takai had this to say:

“Protecting American citizens is one of the primary responsibilities of Congress; this responsibility encompasses not only the physical well-being but also the personal freedoms of the people we were elected to serve. This bill at its core extends provisions of the PATRIOT Act, a law that it is past its time to reign in and sunset. While the reforms contained in this bill are a starting point, they do not go far enough.”

Here’s what Gabbard had to say in her own statement:

“This bill does not go far enough to reform the PATRIOT Act and the overreaching surveillance activities that are currently being conducted. Congress should not set precedence by codifying these surveillance programs that the Federal Courts have ruled are illegal. Congress should let these controversial provisions expire and instead work toward comprehensive reform of the PATRIOT Act that will truly keep the American people safe and free.”

The NSA bill now heads to the Senate. In other news, Gabbard and Takai were on the losing side of a 242-184 vote on a so-called “pain capable” abortion bill that mostly fell along party lines.

“After months of delays, House Republicans finally passed a bill Wednesday that would prohibit abortions — except in cases of rape, incest or threat to the mother’s life — after 20-weeks of pregnancy,” The Hill reports.

Abortion rights are a core part of the Democratic Party platform.