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How a Sweeping Law to Spy on Foreigners Is Dividing Congress
Lawmakers passed a 10-day stopgap as Republicans, Democrats and civil liberties advocates split over warrantless surveillance and proposed privacy limits.
- On April 17, Congress unanimously passed a 10-day stopgap measure extending the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Section 702 deadline to April 30, granting lawmakers additional time to negotiate a compromise.
- Facing opposition from civil liberty hawks, Republican Speaker Mike Johnson struggled to broker a clean reauthorization as lawmakers debated balancing national security against protecting Americans' privacy and civil liberties.
- Senators Mike Lee and Dick Durbin argue the current law allows the FBI to search private communications without warrants, introducing legislation they say would close privacy loopholes and implement guardrails.
- President Donald Trump is urging Congress to pass an 18-month extension without major revisions, while some GOP members insist on attaching voter ID requirements from the SAVE America Act.
- With the Iran war increasing global terrorism concerns, top lawmakers say a final deal must come together soon as Senate Majority Leader John Thune manages internal party divisions before the April 30 deadline.
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