It's the fourth time a rule vote has failed under Mike Johnson's speakership.
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson holds a press conference following a House GOP caucus meeting at the U.S Capitol April 10, 2024 in Washington, DC.A key procedural vote on a bill to reauthorize the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act failed on the House floor on Wednesday, another sign of Republican infighting under Speaker Mike Johnson's leadership.
Hard-line Republicans are opposed to reauthorizing FISA without an amendment that would require the intelligence community to obtain an additional warrant to access the data of those Americans. Some civil liberties groups, including the ACLU, have also pushed for similar reforms. The bill voted on Wednesday didn't include the warrant amendment.
This is the fourth rule vote that's failed during Johnson's six months as speaker, an embarrassment for House Republican leadership.
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