The government can’t collect our phone records. Here’s what that means.

Since June 1, the record of any call you made was not nor will be automatically stored in the government's enormous database of logs of all Americans' phone calls. Here are six things you need to know about the debate:

1. This was the first time Congress has openly debated bulk collection of our phone records.
2. Now that the news it out there, Congress has three options: Extend the law untouched. Approve a compromise delicately mapped out by privacy advocates, members of Congress and Obama administration officials. Find some sort of other deal that makes privacy advocates and libertarians like Paul happy.
3. It's unclear how the NSA is operating now.
4. So, are we less safe now because of that? The Obama administration certainly think so.
5. In Congress, the battle's not over, either
6. Sen Rand Paul (R-KY) upset pretty much everyone in Congress — and he's happy about that.