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US House passes 3-year extension of divisive U.S. surveillance program
The 235-191 vote preserves warrantless surveillance powers and adds new reporting rules, while a House-approved CBDC ban threatens Senate passage.
- The Republican-controlled House approved a three-year Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act reauthorization on Wednesday, passing the measure 235-191 with new oversight measures but omitting the warrant requirement critics demanded.
- Republican Rep. Chip Roy argued Tuesday for a warrant requirement, stating, "People will die if you do this," while emphasizing that Americans died to protect the Fourth Amendment right against government surveillance.
- Rep. Jim Himes, top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, called the program "without question, the most important foreign intelligence tool," while Maryland Rep. Jamie Raskin derided the measure as a "three-year blank check."
- Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Wednesday the chamber likely won't quickly approve the House version, noting a 60-day short-term extension might be necessary ahead of Friday's deadline.
- House Republicans are linking the surveillance renewal with legislation banning a central bank digital currency, a proposal Thune said would be "very, very hard to pass" in the Senate.
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The House of Representatives approved on Wednesday a three-year extension of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) by passing the bill with a vote of 235 to 191, which followed weeks of internal negotiations led by Republican House President Mike Johnson, who faced resistance from some congressmen of his same party, who expressed concerns about privacy protections. In the final vote, 42 Democrats joined conservatives to support the bi…
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