Johnson pushes for a clean 18-month FISA extension amid GOP privacy worries
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Speaker Mike Johnson says he will push a clean, 18-month extension of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act through the House Rules Committee with no amendments, hoping to secure floor passage despite GOP concerns about privacy and surveillance of Americans; the live updates also note ethics probes into Rep. Cory Mills, potential expulsions of Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, resignations by Swalwell and Gonzales, and other Capitol Hill moves on DHS funding and nominees.
- Johnson: No amendments for FISA extension Politico
- Why Congress is fighting over a central tool of American surveillance NPR
- US intel officials scramble to keep surveillance law running amid Iran war tensions CNN
- We Need You: Our Privacy Cannot Afford a Clean Extension of Section 702 Electronic Frontier Foundation
- White House urges Congress to pass clean FISA extension Axios
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