U.S. lawmakers struggle to draft digital privacy bill

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lawmakers drafting a bill to create rules governing online privacy hope to have a discussion draft complete by late May with a Senate committee vote during the summer, but disputes are likely to push that timetable back, according to sources knowledgeable about the matter. Democratic Senators Richard Blumenthal and Brian Schatz, with the recent addition of Maria Cantwell, are leading the effort to draft the measure along with Republican Senators Jerry Moran and Roger Wicker. The Senate’s No.

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