House Republicans are angry with Speaker Johnson for being the 'tie-breaker' in the FISA reauthorization vote on Friday.
The amendment, which would have required the government to obtain a warrant to query the data of people caught up in foreign surveillance, failed to attract the needed votes to pass on Friday, with the chamber deadlocking 212-212. In the event of a tie, an amendment on the House floorin a post on X. “The Speaker doesn’t always vote in the House, but he was the tie breaker today. He voted against warrants.
Rep. Andy Biggs , who sponsored the warrant requirement amendment, blasted the 86 Republicans who voted down the provision. To appease holdouts on FISA, GOP leaders agreed to a two-year expiration and a stand-alone vote on a privacy amendment from Rep. Warren Davidson . Ahead of the FISA vote, Davidson had. “So now the speaker is working to prevent the warrant requirement from passing and has pulled the Fourth Amendment Not For Sale from consideration.”After Friday’s vote, members had plenty to say about Johnson’s decision to vote down the warrant requirement.
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