{"id":2218960,"date":"2024-04-11T21:49:03","date_gmt":"2024-04-12T01:49:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-moves-forward-with-modified-fisa-bill-but-will-it-be-enough-to-appease-hard-liners\/"},"modified":"2024-04-11T21:52:28","modified_gmt":"2024-04-12T01:52:28","slug":"house-moves-forward-with-modified-fisa-bill-but-will-it-be-enough-to-appease-hard-liners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-moves-forward-with-modified-fisa-bill-but-will-it-be-enough-to-appease-hard-liners\/","title":{"rendered":"House advances revised FISA bill, will it satisfy critics?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/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%2Fhouse-moves-forward-with-modified-fisa-bill-but-will-it-be-enough-to-appease-hard-liners%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=2218960&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>The House Rules Committee advanced a modified version of a key federal surveillance extension, pressuring Republicans to resolve \u2064internal conflicts to\u2063 pass the legislation by next week. The altered bill includes provisions aiming to sway hard-line\u2062 conservatives, with uncertainties \u200bremaining on whether\u2062 amendments will satisfy all\u2062 holdouts. Debate is set \u200cto proceed with a final vote anticipated soon.  <\/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>The House Rules Committee advanced a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/2962729\/house-gop-considers-backup-fisa-plan-sunset-spy-tool-stunning-floor-defeat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>modified version<\/a> of a key federal surveillance extension, increasing pressure on Republicans to forgo their recent infighting and pass the legislation ahead of its scheduled expiration next week.<\/p>\n<p>The committee advanced a new proposal to reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act<strong> <\/strong>during<strong> <\/strong>a late-night meeting on Thursday, adding several provisions to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2962032\/house-revolt-against-johnson-fisa-searching-magic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>persuade a substantial number of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mccarthy-fights-to-shore-up-republican-support-ahead-of-speakership-vote\/\" title=\"McCarthy Fights to Shore Up Republican Support Ahead of Speakership Vote\">hard-line conservatives<\/a><\/a> to back the legislation. The bill is now scheduled to reach the floor for debate early Friday morning, with a final vote expected later in the day. <\/p>\n<p>The altered bill comes after 19 Republicans joined all Democrats in voting against a procedural rule that would have moved the FISA reform bill forward, effectively putting the House at a standstill until a new proposal was negotiated. Lawmakers met in several closed-door meetings throughout Thursday to consider a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/2962729\/house-gop-considers-backup-fisa-plan-sunset-spy-tool-stunning-floor-defeat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>backup plan<\/a> that would include a two-year sunset and a stand-alone vote on an amendment from Rep. Warren Davidson (R-OH).<\/p>\n<p>It remains unclear whether the early sunset and amendment vote provisions are enough to appease the holdouts. Some GOP members are adamant about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-republicans-who-voted-down-fisa-rule-shut-down-worries-of-censure-go-ahead\/\" title=\"House Republicans, by rejecting FISA rule, dismiss concerns of censure: \"Go ahead.\">including warrant requirements<\/a> in FISA, and the absence of such requirements may cause them to tank the procedural rule yet again.<\/p>\n<p>A rule vote is a procedural move that allows lawmakers to move forward with debate and any amendments, which is typically voted on along party lines and rarely fails on the House floor. However, House conservatives have weaponized the procedure several times over the last year, voting to stall action on the floor whenever they disagree with GOP leadership.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) told reporters that part of the reason for the vote down on Wednesday was because \u201cpressure was applied\u201d against the warrant requirements, so the 19 members who voted against the rule \u201cpumped the brakes.\u201d Colleagues were still \u201cdigesting\u201d the new provisions and drafting amendments, he said, before the bill comes to the House floor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou know, people, their heads explode, they go, \u2018How could you possibly vote for the rule out of committee, manage the rule, and they vote against the rule on the floor?\u2019 Well, circumstances change,\u201d Roy said.<\/p>\n<p>However, Roy said that getting a two-year sunset on FISA and a stand-alone vote on Davidson\u2019s Fourth Amendment is Not For Sale Act \u201cgave, I think, a greater deal of comfort\u201d to the lawmakers who voted down the rule.<\/p>\n<p>Some initial holdouts say the changes are enough to flip their votes, including Reps. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL), Matt Gaetz (R-FL), and Andy Biggs (R-AZ). Other members, such as Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN), say they remain undecided but could be swayed to advance the rule and begin debate. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf they do all the things they say they\u2019re going to do, I could probably hold my nose and vote for the rule,\u201d Burchett said. \u201cAs far as the final bill goes, I just have to see exactly what we get.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Cory Mills (R-FL) said he is still a \u201cno\u201d on the FISA bill but is undecided on the rule. Like some of his colleagues, he said there have been some \u201cincremental changes\u201d that are getting him closer to a \u201cyes\u201d vote on the rule.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere has been some movement; we just want to guarantee that it is in the bill text and it\u2019s going to be what\u2019s finally presented,\u201d Mills said. \u201cNot just, \u2018Oh, we\u2019re considering,\u2019 or \u2018Oh, yes, we\u2019re looking at this, or \u2018Oh, we agree in principle.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The two-year sunset, in particular, could attract Republicans who are hoping that the next FISA reauthorization would come under former President Donald Trump if he wins the 2024 election.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe two<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/congress-deliberates-a-52-billion-semiconductor-bill\/\" title=\"Congress Deliberates a  Billion Semiconductor Bill\">-year time frame<\/a> is a much better landing spot because it gives us two years to see: Is any of this working? Rather than kicking it out five years. They say these reforms are going to work? Well, I guess we\u2019ll find out,\u201d said Roy, who noted that he is supportive of shorter reauthorizations in general.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Bob Good (R-VA), one of the 19 Republicans who voted down the rule on Wednesday, said he is in favor of changing the time frame on reauthorization because it would hopefully be in the hands of the GOP.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re hopeful that we will have a Republican Senate, Republican House, and a Republican in the White House,\u201d Good said when asked why he preferred a two-year sunset to the current five-year time frame.<\/p>\n<p>But the changes made to appease some of the most hard-line Republicans could cause other GOP lawmakers to reconsider. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), a former FBI special agent, argued changing the reauthorization sunset date to two years would be \u201ca mistake.\u201d <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a critical national security tool. We can\u2019t be playing games with it,\u201d Fitzpatrick said. \u201cI\u2019m the only FBI agent in Congress who\u2019s actually used it, and it saves a lot of lives every day that people don\u2019t know about.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Dan Bishop (R-NC) would not say whether he had changed his mind on opposing the rule, telling the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> he\u2019s not necessarily undecided but \u201cI just don\u2019t think it\u2019d be helpful to the process for me to comment.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The House Rules Committee moved a revised federal surveillance extension, intensifying pressure on Republicans to resolve internal conflicts and approve the legislation before its upcoming expiry. They proposed renewing Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act in a late-night session, pushing for timely reauthorization before the deadline next week<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2955,"featured_media":2218961,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP24101622775039-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2218960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP24101622775039-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2218960","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2955"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2218960"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2218960\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2218961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2218960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2218960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2218960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}