Short-Term FISA Extension Heads To President Trump’s Desk – Here’s How Long

By Danielle

The House of Representatives has passed a 45-day clean extension of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA).

In a 261-111 vote, the House passed the short-term extension after the Senate failed to approve a three-year extension.

House Votes On Extending Controversial FISA Surveillance Program

Axios shared further:

House GOP leaders tacked on a ban on a central bank digital currency to win over conservative holdouts who had pushed for broader surveillance reforms.

But that provision drew bipartisan opposition in the Senate, where lawmakers opted instead Thursday to pass the 45-day patch.

Congress passed an initial short-term FISA extension earlier this month after a group of House Republicans blocked attempts to pass five-year and 18-month renewals of the program.

The first short-term patch didn’t turn out to be enough time to pass a full extension.

Congressional leaders now have an additional 45 days to try to break the impasse.

“Today Republicans and Democrats tried to use ‘unanimous consent’ to pass a 45-day extension of warrantless spying on Americans without voting,” Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) said.

“I did not consent. I was able to force a vote and a debate. I used a rare parliamentary procedure to control half the time,” he added.

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