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Former Trump ally Marjorie Taylor Greene blasted the GOP after Congress extended a controversial surveillance program (Section 702) for 45 days without changes, saying the party is done and signaling a rift within Republican ranks.
Sen. Ron Wyden pressed to declassify a court opinion that faulted the Trump administration’s use of data under Section 702, as lawmakers debated renewing the NSA’s domestic-spying program. He sparred with Sen. Tom Cotton, who warned of consequences for distorting highly classified material, and the Senate approved a 45-day extension to allow more negotiation. Wyden secured a commitment to seek declassification within 15 days, with Sen. Mark Warner playing a key role in the talks. An update noted Congress later extended FISA as the story noted.
Dozens of Democrats joined Republicans to advance a three-year extension of FISA Section 702, sending the spying bill to the Senate despite privacy advocates’ warnings that it lacks meaningful reforms like warrants and closing data broker loopholes, threatening civil liberties through broader mass surveillance.
With Section 702 expiring, the Senate is considering a roughly 45-day extension of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act after House Republicans attached a longer renewal to a permanent ban on a Federal Reserve central-bank digital currency. Senate Majority Leader Thune says a 45-day fix is likely but requires all 100 senators’ support, while Sen. Wyden plans a three-week extension and declassification of the 702 opinion. The House-passed three-year extension is unlikely to clear the Senate as-is and the CBDC ban is viewed as dead on arrival there, even as lawmakers juggle farm bill and immigration funding fights that complicate the spy-power renewal.
The House voted 235-191 to renew the Section 702 foreign surveillance program for three years, while also approving a Senate-passed budget plan that would fast-track about $70 billion to fund ICE and the Border Patrol for roughly three years via budget reconciliation, potentially paving the way to end the DHS shutdown. The votes came amid intra-party tensions, a chaotic day on the floor, and ongoing debates over farm policy and border-enforcement tactics, with the Senate signaling resistance to a standalone FISA extension.
The House approved a three-year renewal of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, sending the measure to the Senate, which is unlikely to accept it as-is because of privacy guardrails and opposition to tying in a digital currency ban; a Senate draft is expected, while other Capitol battles over the farm bill and immigration enforcement funding continue.
House Republicans are negotiating to move three priority items—the three-year extension of the Section 702 spy law, the farm bill with pesticide labeling provisions, and a budget resolution—toward floor votes, but internal hard-liner opposition and ongoing negotiations threaten to delay action even as King Charles III visits the Capitol.
House Republicans remain frozen as leaders struggle to move votes on a three‑part agenda—reauthorizing Section 702 FISA, the farm bill with pesticide and ethanol amendments, and a budget resolution—amid internal opposition from hard‑liners and at least 10 Republicans; King Charles III’s visit adds scheduling pressure, and leadership is negotiating to secure floor votes while contending with revolts over central‑bank digital currency bans and other policy provisions.
House Speaker Mike Johnson's plan to push three major bills—FISA 702 extension, the farm bill, and a DHS funding package—collides with GOP resistance, stalling the rules and threatening DHS funding as conservatives demand warrant requirements and changes to ICE/CBP funding.
Internal GOP strife forced the cancellation of a House Rules meeting as leaders press to move a package including a three-year Section 702 surveillance extension, immigration-enforcement funding, and a farm bill, but at least 10 Republicans oppose the rule over surveillance scope and other amendments, jeopardizing the votes and signaling ongoing division within the party while the Senate prepares to advance the 702 extension.
Speaker Mike Johnson faces a grueling week as he tries to push three high-stakes bills—an extension of Section 702 surveillance authority, immigration funding for DHS, and a farm bill—through a fractious GOP, while contending with intraparty rebellions, fallout from the White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting, and external events like King Charles III’s visit that could derail deadlines.
House Speaker Mike Johnson unveiled a three-year reauthorization of the Section 702 spy law with added oversight and penalties but no warrant requirements, as GOP hard-liners push for stronger privacy protections. The plan aims for a Rules Committee vote next week before the April 30 expiry, but Senate skeptics and conservatives warn the reforms may be too weak, while some Republicans consider attaching a CBDC ban and tying it to broader reconciliation on immigration and spending.
House Speaker Mike Johnson floated a potential bipartisan route to extend Section 702 of the FISA, as lawmakers race to replace an emergency short-term reauthorization before it expires on April 30. A three-year extension with policy reforms is under discussion, with the House possibly advancing it via a faster procedure that requires a two-thirds vote. Hard-liner GOPs demand new guardrails and Democrats remain skeptical, with Johnson set to meet with Reps. Fitzpatrick and LaHood to build cross‑caucus support while Democrats say consensus remains elusive.
Republicans are locked in a fractious fight over extending Section 702 of FISA, with hard-liners demanding guardrails (and a CBDC ban) while Trump seeks a clean, multi-year extension. After multiple failed House votes, lawmakers approved a short-term 10-day extension to avert expiration, but internal divisions threaten to derail DHS funding and budget reconciliation efforts as April 30 nears, leaving Senate leaders to potentially intervene.
Congress voted to extend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act for 10 days after failing to secure a longer reform package, keeping Section 702 powers that let the NSA collect foreigners’ communications (and incidental Americans’ data) without warrants as lawmakers debate changes like ending the backdoor search loophole; supporters say it aids national security, critics argue it enables mass surveillance; the extension runs to April 30 while negotiations continue, with President Trump pressuring for a no-change extension but signaling openness to extending without reforms.