Congress ADVANCES renewal of surveillance tool used to catch terrorists that ... trends now
The House voted to advance reauthorization of a controversial spy tool on Friday on Speaker Mike Johnson's fourth try.
After a rule vote to advance renewing Section 702 of the Foreign Information Surveillance Act (FISA) failed earlier this week, Johnson made an agreement with former President Donald Trump and his allies to renew it only for two years instead of five.
That way if Trump wins the election, Congress can more thoroughly reform FISA under his presidency.
The rule to begin debate on the FISA bill, the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act, passed 218 to 208. The House will now begin debate and vote on six amendments.
The House voted to advance reauthorization of a controversial spy tool on Friday on Speaker Mike Johnson 's fourth try
Under a two-year reauthorization, if Trump wins the election, Congress can more thoroughly reform FISA under his presidency
The national security surveillance bill includes new guardrails aimed at oversight and transparency, after a report found that intelligence agents had improperly queried Americans 278,000 times under the law.
The White House released a statement in support of the FISA bill, and in opposition of the amendment from Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., to require a warrant before picking up conversations of those on U.S. soil who communicate with suspected terrorists.
Trump had deflated FISA's chances of passing earlier this week when he posted on Truth Social ahead of the Wednesday vote: 'KILL FISA, IT WAS ILLEGALLY USED AGAINST ME, AND MANY OTHERS. THEY SPIED ON MY CAMPAIGN!!! DJT.'
Another part of the law that is not up for reauthorization - Title 1 - was used to spy on Trump campaign adviser Carter Page in 2016 when he was suspected of communications with the Russians. Trump reauthorized FISA in 2018.
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