Mr Pecorella backed the crucial amendments, which were introduced at the committee stage.
He called on the government to abandon those proposed amendments, which were still before the Senate.
The rest comes from some 700 amendments, which are appearing with increasing rapidity (52 in 2000 alone).
Although Mr. Reid will try to avoid it, Republicans could call for amendments, which would delay a vote.
The Liberals, however, had a majority, and he had to accept their amendments, which removed nearly all the safeguards.
It's one of 299 proposed amendments which are being heard in the Lords, with the next such session on Tuesday.
The copy of the Bill of Rights sent to the states for ratification in 1789 contained 12 amendments, which sounds as wrong as the Twelve Commandments.
By New Year's Eve, however, there would be no time before the year-end deadline for House amendments, which would require yet another vote in the Senate.
Asked about Mr. Leahy's amendments, which Republicans in the bipartisan group have said would doom the legislation, Mr. Schumer said he was nervous.
Passage of these amendments, which had the endorsement of the European Commission, the European Union's executive body, show that Turkey is constitutionally ready to join the European Union.
The Patriot Act had been renewed, and, in 2012, the FISA amendments, which codified the content-collection program in law, were also reauthorized.
