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Senate passes 45-day FISA extension
The Senate approved a 45-day extension of Section 702 FISA, delaying longer-term reauthorization as lawmakers argued over privacy reforms. The extension was passed by voice vote in the Senate and sent to the House, which previously approved 261-111; the House also passed under suspension of rules, with 58 members not voting. The measure is framed as a temporary stopgap to allow declassification review of a March FISA court decision and to avert a lapse in surveillance powers, while critics on both sides pressed for reforms.
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Senate passes 45-day FISA extension
The Senate on Thursday passed a 45-day extension of the nation’s warrantless spy powers, rejecting a longer House-backed proposal and teeing up continued debate over how to reform the program. In turning to a 45-day extension, the Senate rebuffed a House package passed Wednesday that included modest reforms but failed.
Senate rejects House's FISA bill, pitches 45-day extension ahead of looming deadline
Fox News chief congressional correspondent Chad Pergram reports on the 13-day FISA extension. Rep. Ben Cline, R-Va., discusses the measure and Virginia’s controversial redistricting vote on 'Fox Report.' Congress punted a long-term fix for a controversial spy law for the second time in a month as lawmakers raced to.
Senate extends federal surveillance law for 45 days, sends to House
Senate lawmakers on Thursday approved a short-term extension of a provision in the federal surveillance law to hash out the final terms of its reauthorization. The vote happened after the chamber gave unanimous consent to a 45-day extension before it went back to the House for approval. Lawmakers on both sides of the.
US Congress passes short-term renewal of Fisa warrantless spying powers
Lawmakers agree 45-day extension but Republican and Democratic critics urge reform of surveillance program The US Congress has passed a 45-day extension of a law that grants US intelligence agencies warrantless spying powers. Bitter infighting over section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act in the.
Congress extends controversial spy law for 45 days after Senate rejects House bill
Fox News chief congressional correspondent Chad Pergram reports on the 13-day FISA extension. Rep. Ben Cline, R-Va., discusses the measure and Virginia’s controversial redistricting vote on 'Fox Report.' Congress punted a long-term fix for a controversial spy law for the second time in a month as lawmakers raced to.
House sends 45-day extension of controversial FISA warrantless spy power to Trump’s desk
WASHINGTON — House lawmakers agreed to send the Senate’s 45-day extension of the controversial Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) Section 702 spy program to President Trump’s desk, thanks to a shocking number of reps who didn’t vote. In a 261-111 vote, the House approved the measure under suspension of the.
FISA: What to know about the government’s key spy powers that Congress just extended
Congress has approved another short-term extension of controversial spy powers that permit US officials to monitor phone calls and text messages from foreign targets. The deadline to renew the powerful surveillance law exposed deep divisions in the Republican Party and left US national security officials scrambling as.
Congress passes 45-day extension of federal surveillance law as debate over protections continues
Congress punted its deadline to reauthorize a foreign surveillance law for the second time on Thursday as lawmakers continue to debate privacy protections for Americans’ data caught in the spying operations. Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act was set to expire at midnight after lawmakers.