GOP Splinters Over Clean FISA Extension as Floor Vote Looms
TL;DR
Republicans are racing to push a clean 18-month extension of Section 702 FISA before the April 20 deadline, with Speaker Mike Johnson promising no amendments and the House Rules Committee set to tee up a floor vote despite hard-liner pressure for changes like warrants and data-broker restrictions; backup options include a shorter extension as the White House presses for unity on spy powers. Alongside this, lawmakers moved the ALERT Act for aviation safety, while immigration funding, farm-bill timing, and investigations into ActBlue and notable resignations add to Republican-and-Democrat jockeying in Washington.
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- Trump urges extending foreign surveillance program as some lawmakers push for US privacy protections AP News
- Why Congress is fighting over a central tool of American surveillance NPR
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- Trump hosts FISA holdouts in final push for support Axios
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