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The House blocks vote on expanding warrantless wiretapping authority


Previous negotiations over the bill fell apart in February.

Previous negotiations over the FISA reauthorization grew so heated that in February, House Speaker Mike Johnson withdrew the bill from consideration. Per CQ Roll Call, Johnson praised the latest version of a bill in a letter to colleagues, saying it contains dozens of “specific reforms,” including new procedures to curtail the FBI and “institute unprecedented transparency across the FISA process.” “If our bill fails, we will be faced with an impossible choice and can expect the Senate to jam us with a clean extension that includes no reforms at all,” Johnson wrote.

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