Lawmakers voted to table a motion to reconsider a measure that would have required the federal government to obtain a warrant before executing data searches of U.S. communications in the FISA 702 database. The bill will now be sent to the Senate for a vote.
over objections a measure was not included to prohibit warrantless searches by the federal government.
Typically, the transfer from the lower to upper chamber is merely a formality — but House Republicans introduced a motion to table, hoping to bring the bill back to the floor for another vote. Now that the effort has been quashed, the bill will be sent to the Senate for a vote later this week. The narrow amendment vote came down to the wire on Friday, with members scrambling on the floor to ensure their votes were counted. The vote ultimately came to aThe warrant requirement has been at the center of the FISA reauthorization debate as lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have disagreed on whether the measure should be adopted.
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