House Republicans have advanced a bill to reauthorize a crucial national security surveillance program, after a conservative revolt prevented similar legislation from reaching the floor. The bill proposes a two-year extension of Section 702, instead of the originally proposed five-year reauthorization. However, a separate provision to end warrantless surveillance of Americans may jeopardize the bill's final passage.
by FARNOUSH AMIRI and ERIC TUCKER Associated PressFILE - Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill Wednesday, April 10, 2024, in Washington. House Republicans on Friday advanced a bill that would reauthorize a crucial national security surveillance program , a second attempt just days after a conservative revolt prevented similar legislation from reaching the floor.
It is unclear if Johnson, who has called the program "critical" to national security, will have the Republican support necessary to push the bill through final passage. But far-right opponents have complained that those changes did not go far enough. Among the detractors are some of Johnson's harshest critics, members of the ultra-conservative House Freedom Caucus, who have railed against the speaker the last several months for reaching across the aisle to carry out the basic functions of the government.
"Kill FISA," Trump wrote in all capital letters. "It was illegally used against me, and many others. They spied on my campaign." A former adviser to his 2016 presidential campaign was targeted for surveillance over potential ties to Russia under a different section of the law.
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