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House votes to reauthorize FISA, without the warrant requirement amendment
A much-debated privacy amendment failed to pass.
After three failed attempts and a heated floor debate, the House voted on Friday to reauthorize a controversial program that lets US intelligence agencies spy on foreign communications without a warrant. Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act is scheduled by statute to expire on April 19th, though the FISA court recently granted a government request that would have authorized the program for another year without congressional approval. It did, however, include resolutions “denouncing the Biden administration’s immigration policies” and “opposing efforts to place one-sided pressure on Israel with respect to Gaza.” Nineteen Republicans joined Democrats in voting against debating the bill at all.
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