Senate extends surveillance powers until April 30 after longer renewal collapsed in House
The measure extends warrantless surveillance powers for 13 days after Republicans rejected longer renewals and privacy advocates sought new limits.
- The Senate passed the extension by voice vote Friday morning, following a series of failed votes in the House that saw both a five-year compromise and an 18-month "clean" renewal—demanded by the President—blocked by a coalition of GOP members and Democrats.
- Speaker Mike Johnson was forced to retreat to the 10-day stopgap at 2:00 AM after approximately 20 Republicans joined Democrats to defeat the longer extensions, arguing the bills lacked a mandatory warrant requirement for searching Americans' data.
- The President and CIA Director John Ratcliffe have lobbied aggressively for an extension without new warrant restrictions, warning that losing the authority would "imperil national security" and disrupt the administration's ongoing counter-espionage efforts.
- The temporary measure now moves to the President's desk for his signature, setting up a new high-stakes deadline of April 30 for lawmakers to settle the debate over civil liberties and the "backdoor search" loophole.
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Senate OKs brief renewal of surveillance plan
WASHINGTON — The Senate approved a short-term renewal until April 30 of a controversial surveillance program used by U.S. spy agencies, following a chaotic, post-midnight scramble in the House to keep the authority from expiring.
April 30 Deadline Could Leave U.S. Blind To Cyber And Terror Threats
With an April 30 deadline now looming, Capitol Hill is locked in a high-stakes standoff over the renewal of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). What began in 2008 as a tool to close intelligence gaps has transformed into a digital-age lightning rod, pitting the urgent demands of national security against a growing, bipartisan demand for Fourth Amendment privacy.On Friday, the House and Senate passed a 10-day extensio…
U.S. lawmakers on Friday (April 17) approved a temporary extension of surveillance powers, allowing federal agencies to collect intelligence information and conduct surveillance.
20 House Republicans Just Killed The Surveillance Bill In A Stunning 2 AM Revolt
While most of America was sound asleep early Friday morning, twenty House Republicans were staging one of the more dramatic revolts we’ve seen in this Congress. Between midnight and 2 AM, House leadership tried to ram through not one but TWO versions of a long-term FISA surveillance reauthorization bill. Both would have renewed the government’s controversial warrantless spying powers for years without the privacy reforms that a growing coalition…
Congress Passes Short-Term Spy Powers Extension as Conservatives Fight for Surveillance Reform
Congress passed a short-term extension of a key government surveillance authority after the House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) failed to ram through a clean extension of Section 702 of FISA over the interests of bipartisan lawmakers who want to reform the spy power. The post Congress Passes Short-Term Spy Powers Extension as Conservatives Fight for Surveillance Reform appeared first on Breitbart.
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