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Surveillance Authority Reauthorization Faces Key House Floor Vote
House Republicans face a narrow vote as Trump backs renewal and conservatives seek warrant requirements and other privacy changes.
- On Thursday, House Speaker Mike Johnson faced uncertainty securing Republican support for a vote to extend Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act before its statutory authority expires Monday, April 20.
- Privacy advocates and some lawmakers argue Section 702 incidentally gathers data on Americans without judicial oversight, as the surveillance authority collects communications of non-Americans abroad, enabling critics to warn of warrantless backdoor searches.
- To satisfy ultraconservative holdouts, Republican leaders are discussing a provision based on an amendment by Rep. Clay Higgins requiring warrants for U.S. person queries under probable cause.
- House leadership postponed floor debate on the rule Wednesday, leaving little room for defections, while House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan expressed confidence lawmakers would pass the reauthorization by April 20.
- Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Wednesday he remained hopeful the House would act first, as the extension must clear both chambers by Monday to avoid expiration.
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House starts push to reauthorize surveillance
WASHINGTON — Privacy advocates and the intelligence community paint vastly different pictures over whether a powerful surveillance authority contains enough privacy protections for Americans, as lawmakers look to act before the program's statutory authority expires next week.
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Members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) are remaining tight-lipped about whether they will provide the decisive votes to pass a Trump-backed bill reauthorizing a warrantless surveillance law exploited by federal police to spy on Black Lives Matter and other activists. The silence comes even as Democratic leadership and other congressional minority groups have pledged to […]
Surveillance authority reauthorization faces key House floor vote
Key House Republicans expressed uncertainty Wednesday over whether there would be enough GOP support to clear a procedural vote on a powerful surveillance authority, a program that’s received staunch criticism from privacy advocates in the conference. House GOP leadership has set a floor strategy Wednesday that would leave little room for Republican defections, as lawmakers […]
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