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The Senate<\/a> quietly extended the nation\u2019s spying powers Friday morning after the House failed to reauthorize the program before the fast-approaching deadline.<\/p>\n

The upper chamber\u2019s unanimous vote to extend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) gives Congress a little more breathing room beyond the April 20 deadline but still leaves lawmakers in the same divided place they started.<\/p>\n

Senate Majority Leader John Thune,<\/a> R-S.D., had positioned the Senate to swiftly receive and possibly pass a FISA reauthorization, but he recognized possible division over greenlighting a clean extension of the program in the upper chamber.<\/p>\n

HOUSE PUNTS TRUMP SPY POWERS EXTENSION AFTER CONSERVATIVES BLOCK DEAL, FORCING END-OF-MONTH SHOWDOWN<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

“We’re gonna need some cooperation to get it done before things will go dark on the 20th, and I hope that we have that level of cooperation [in the Senate],” Thune said Thursday. “But we’re not gonna know that for sure until the House processes that and sends it to us.”<\/p>\n

The original plan was derailed because of the controversial Section 702 of FISA.<\/a> On the surface, it allows the government to spy on foreign nationals abroad, but nothing stops that law from collecting data on Americans if they happen to be involved in those communications.<\/p>\n

While FISA as a whole is a vital tool for the government, particularly as uncertainty swirls about the true end of the war in Iran, Congress still isn\u2019t on the same page as the White House.<\/p>\n

DOZENS OF DEMS FLIP ON ISRAEL, VOTE TO BAN ARMS SALES IN PROTEST OF IRAN WAR<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

President Donald Trump<\/a> and the White House pushed lawmakers to pass a clean reauthorization of the program, which both Republicans and Democrats in both chambers have pushed back against.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a rare horseshoe issue in Washington, D.C., that draws opposite ends of the political spectrum \u2014 conservatives and progressives \u2014 together on privacy rights.<\/p>\n

Opponents of Section 702 want warrant requirements<\/a> for the government to parse communications involving Americans. Congressional Democrats similarly demanded warrant requirements for immigration agents to enter people\u2019s homes as part of their list of demands to reopen the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).<\/p>\n

DHS SHUTDOWN ENTERS DAY 60 WITH ALL EYES ON HOUSE REPUBLICANS TO END IT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., has strongly pushed back against a clean reauthorization, arguing in a letter to his Democratic colleagues that leaps and bounds in AI are “supercharging how the government can surveil Americans.”<\/p>\n

Wyden told Fox News Digital that “the focus here needs to be what Ben Franklin talked about.”<\/p>\n

“Anybody who gives up their liberty to have security really doesn’t deserve either,” Wyden said. “And I don’t buy the idea that liberty and security are mutually exclusive, and that’s what the proponents, who just want a straight across the board approach are calling for.”<\/p>\n

“They say, basically, ‘The sky’s gonna fall, unless you pass our bill right away,<\/a>‘” he continued.<\/p>\n

House Speaker Mike Johnson,<\/a> R-La., tried and failed with two options for FISA. One route was a clean, 18-month extension. Another was a five-year extension with modest reforms. Conservatives joined the bulk of House Democrats to tank the latter.<\/p>\n

Lawmakers will return next week with a bevy of issues on their plates, including reopening DHS<\/a> and sprinting to craft the framework for a party-line budget reconciliation package to fund immigration enforcement for the next three years.<\/p>\n

The FISA issue will linger until the next deadline at the end of the month.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/senate-temporarily-extends-nations-controversial-spying-powers-house-fumbles <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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