{"id":2218091,"date":"2024-04-11T05:43:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-11T09:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/magic-mike-house-revolt-against-johnson-has-gop-searching-for-a-miracle\/"},"modified":"2024-04-11T05:47:06","modified_gmt":"2024-04-11T09:47:06","slug":"magic-mike-house-revolt-against-johnson-has-gop-searching-for-a-miracle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/magic-mike-house-revolt-against-johnson-has-gop-searching-for-a-miracle\/","title":{"rendered":"Can Mike Work Magic? GOP Scrambles Amid House Revolt Against Johnson"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmagic-mike-house-revolt-against-johnson-has-gop-searching-for-a-miracle%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2218091&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Hard-line Republicans \u2064caused gridlock on a \u200bsurveillance law, forcing GOP leaders \u200dto find a fix before security measures expire. In-party tensions led to canceled \u2063House votes. Controversy swirls around Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence \u200dSurveillance Act. Discord within the GOP complicates finding a resolution, with no clear\u2062 path forward in sight. Hard-line Republicans have caused a deadlock \u2062on a surveillance law, compelling \u2064GOP leaders to \u200dseek a \u200bsolution before security measures lapse.\u200d In-party conflicts resulted \u2064in the cancellation of House votes. The debate \u2064revolves around\u200d Section 702 of the \u2062Foreign Intelligence Surveillance \u2062Act, creating discord\u2064 within the GOP and\u200b hindering progress\u2063 towards a\u200d resolution.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>After a group of hard-line Republicans <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2961035\/house-fisa-bill-tanked-hardliners-blow-speaker-johnsons-leadership\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>helped tank a procedural rule<\/a> to move forward with reauthorizing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/2960821\/fisa-reform-peril-hard-liners-against-house-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>a key surveillance law<\/a>, GOP leaders are now scrambling to craft a solution just nine days before the current security measures expire. <\/p>\n<p>The House adjourned on Wednesday after canceling evening votes due to intraparty dissension among GOP lawmakers over proposed reforms to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2854663\/conservatives-demand-fisa-reform-changes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.<\/a> Lawmakers met in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ny-gov-cuomo-shunned-experts-embraced-lobbyists-drove-top-health-officials-to-quit-over-pandemic-response-report\/\" title=\"NY Gov. Cuomo Shunned Experts, Embraced Lobbyists, Drove Top Health Officials To Quit Over Pandemic Response: Report\">closed-door meeting<\/a> that evening, the second such gathering of the day, to plot a path forward, an effort that concluded without a clear path forward. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was mostly just members explaining their positions and embarrassing the conference, which we already have,\u201d said Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL), a member of the House Freedom Caucus. \u201cAnd so I think the most important thing now \u2014 is what is going to be the process that gives our members an opportunity to voice their concerns through the voting process.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) emerged from the meeting optimistic, telling reporters he would continue meeting with lawmakers Wednesday night and Thursday morning in order to come to a compromise. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re going to try to find a way to unlock the rule, and I think it\u2019s possible,\u201d Johnson said. <\/p>\n<p>The meeting comes after a vote to begin debate on FISA reform was overthrown by 19 Republicans who joined all Democrats in tanking the measure. The failed vote effectively leaves the House at a standstill, putting lawmakers in a time crunch as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-fisa-bill-tanked-by-hardliners-in-latest-blow-to-speaker-johnsons-leadership\/\" title=\"Conservatives derail House FISA bill, adding to challenges for Speaker Johnson\">foreign surveillance bill<\/a> is scheduled to expire on April 19. <\/p>\n<p>As lawmakers left the meeting, many said they were unsure of what the path forward would be and that all options were on the table. <\/p>\n<p>Some hard-line conservatives suggested the House should buck the current proposal and instead consider the FISA reform bill introduced by the Judiciary Committee last year. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we ought to do is go back to the Judiciary bill, which is supposed to have jurisdiction for this issue, and then we ought to have amendments that are voted on in an open amendment process,\u201d said Rep. Bob Good (R-VA), who voted to tank the bill. \u201cAnd then we have a debate and we have votes and we go on record before the American people and our constituents. That\u2019s what we\u2019re supposed to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the lead-up to Section 702\u2019s expiration, the Judiciary and Intelligence committees introduced competing proposals with a slate of new reforms that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fisa-reform-in-peril-as-hard-liners-come-out-against-house-bill\/\" title=\"FISA reform jeopardized as tough critics oppose House proposal\">primarily involved tightening restrictions<\/a> on the FBI\u2019s use of the surveillance program. Although the two committees largely agreed on most of the reforms, they have remained deeply divided on whether to require FBI agents to obtain warrants when using Section 702 to search data belonging to U.S. persons. <\/p>\n<p>That measure was stripped from the legislative text that was voted on Wednesday. <\/p>\n<p>Some lawmakers floated the idea of passing a clean extension of the bill that would make no changes to the current surveillance law. Others suggested a short-term extension that would buy lawmakers more time to negotiate comprehensive reforms that can pass the House and Senate. <\/p>\n<p>But that may be easier said than done, according to some Republicans. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome things are just never going to get hashed out; people believe some things about the FISA program that are not true, and I cannot convince them otherwise,\u201d said Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX). \u201cSome things just can\u2019t be agreed upon, and that\u2019s why you have votes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That sentiment was echoed by other lawmakers, who described the closed-door meeting as tense and unyielding of results. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat meeting was pure chaos. It wasn\u2019t productive at all. Members were yelling at each other,\u201d said Rep. Max Miller (R-OH). \u201cThere is no path on FISA. If anyone says there\u2019s a path forward on FISA right now, they\u2019re lying.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s no pathway forward. I have no idea what they are going to do,\u201d he added. \u201cThe speaker literally is going to have to pull a rabbit out of a magic hat for this thing to work at this point.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Miller said some members also proposed consequences for the Republicans who voted to tank the rule, but the Ohio Republican said such a move was unlikely to happen. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s been brought up since Speaker McCarthy left, and it hasn\u2019t happened,\u201d Miller said. \u201cI think if someone would have said censure, the entire room would have erupted. I don\u2019t think people should be censured if they vote against rules.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The standstill underscores one of Johnson\u2019s toughest challenges yet in his speakership, which is already on the rocks as he faces several legislative challenges and a looming threat to remove him from his top position. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), who introduced a motion to vacate Johnson last month, said how Johnson proceeds on the FISA issue could determine his fate. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow he handles the FISA process and how he handles funding Ukraine is going to tell our entire conference how to handle the motion to vacate,\u201d Greene said earlier in the day. <\/p>\n<p>Instead, Greene has urged Johnson to bring another resolution to the floor that allows for open amendments and debate. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think that\u2019s the most transparent, honest way to conduct affairs in Congress,\u201d Greene said. \u201cI certainly think it\u2019s a fair thing to do. What really grieves me today about the FISA vote is I felt I was fully supporting Warren Davidson\u2019s amendment [to require search warrants], but that amendment didn\u2019t make it to the floor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But other Republicans have defended Johnson\u2019s leadership so far, acknowledging the challenges of needing to wrangle all corners of the GOP conference with such a slim majority. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a reflection that we have a very, very, very small majority and an attitude of not wanting to help the team,\u201d said Rep. Mario Diaz Balart (R-FL). \u201cIt\u2019s important to stick with the leadership on these procedural issues, which is what allows us to run the floor as a majority. Otherwise, we are just turning the floor over.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The House is set to return on Thursday, although it remains unclear whether lawmakers will reconvene for votes.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After hard-line Republicans blocked a rule to reauthorize a crucial surveillance law, GOP leaders rush for a fix days before the security measures lapse. 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