US EditionUS House passes 3-year extension of divisive U.S. surveillance program
The bill adds new FBI reporting and oversight rules while also banning a central bank digital currency to win conservative support.
- 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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House votes to renew controversial warrantless spying power, but Senate unlikely to approve
After days of infighting, the House finally managed to wrangle through a renewal of the controversial Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) Section 702 spy power for the duration of President Trump's term ahead of the Thursday deadline.
House passes 3-year spy powers extension with crypto amendment
The U.S. House of Representatives, in a 235-191 vote Wednesday, passed a measure to extend the spy powers of the federal government for another three years. Because of an amendment added to the bill that would prevent the creation of a central bank digital currency, the Senate majority leader said it is dead on arrival...
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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