{"id":2219370,"date":"2024-04-12T12:53:01","date_gmt":"2024-04-12T16:53:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-shoots-down-warrant-requirement-for-surveillance-searches-in-dramatic-tie-vote\/"},"modified":"2024-04-12T12:56:54","modified_gmt":"2024-04-12T16:56:54","slug":"house-shoots-down-warrant-requirement-for-surveillance-searches-in-dramatic-tie-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-shoots-down-warrant-requirement-for-surveillance-searches-in-dramatic-tie-vote\/","title":{"rendered":"House narrowly rejects need for warrants in surveillance searches with a dramatic tied vote"},"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\">28<\/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-shoots-down-warrant-requirement-for-surveillance-searches-in-dramatic-tie-vote%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=2219370&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 rejected a proposal to \u2062ban warrantless federal government surveillance searches, impacting Republicans seeking its inclusion in the \u200bexpiring national \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/putins-nightmare-ukraine-has-become-the-russian-militarys-graveyard\/\" title=\"Putin's Nightmare: Ukraine Has Become the Russian Military's Graveyard\">surveillance law<\/a>. The amendment fell\u200c short by one vote, leading to \u200ca loss for lawmakers supporting\u2064 its addition to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act&#8217;s \u200dreauthorization.\u2064 This stirred a chaotic scene with members \u200crushing to \u2062cast their votes before\u2063 the deadline.  <\/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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/house-of-representatives\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"House\">House<\/a> rejected a controversial proposal to prohibit warrantless surveillance searches by the federal government, dealing a blow to hard-line <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/republicans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Republicans\">Republicans<\/a> who pushed to have the proposal included in the broader national surveillance law that is set to expire next week. <\/p>\n<p>The amendment narrowly failed in a<strong> <\/strong>212-212 vote on Friday,<strong> <\/strong>falling short of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/as-republican-julia-letlow-is-sworn-in-the-democrats-margin-in-the-house-shrinks-to-just-2-votes\/\" title=\"As Republican Julia Letlow Is Sworn In, The Democrats\u2019 Margin In The House Shrinks To Just 2 Votes\">majority threshold needed<\/a> to include it in the surveillance law. The vote is a loss for hard-right lawmakers who fought to have the amendment in the reauthorization of Section 702 of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/fisa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act\">Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act<\/a>, threatening to shoot down the surveillance law altogether if it was not included. <\/p>\n<p>The narrow vote came down to the wire on Friday, with members scrambling on the floor to ensure their votes were counted. Shortly before the vote was passed, lawmakers were seen yelling on the floor to keep the vote open as long as possible. <\/p>\n<p>The amendment, proposed by Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ), would have required the federal government to obtain a warrant before executing data searches of U.S. communications in the FISA 702 database. The measure includes exceptions for \u201cimminent threats to life or bodily harm, consent searches, or known cybersecurity threat signatures.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The warrant requirement has been at the center of the FISA reauthorization debate as lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have disagreed on whether the measure should be adopted.<\/p>\n<p>Some Republicans demanded to include some sort of restrictions for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mexican-governors-abbott-ink-deals-to-close-new-texas-border-checkpoints\/\" title=\"Mexican Governors, Abbott Ink Deals to Close New Texas Border Checkpoints\">federal searches<\/a>, accusing the FBI of misusing the tool to spy on select U.S. citizens. That demand became even more prominent on Wednesday when former President Donald Trump came out against the reauthorization of FISA, claiming it was misused to spy on his presidential campaign in 2020. <\/p>\n<p>The amendment had mixed support from both Democrats and Republicans but failed to reach the majority threshold needed to pass, with several lawmakers arguing the measure would impede the federal government from thwarting criminal activity and interfere with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/taiwan-deserves-better-than-a-joe-biden-presidency\/\" title=\"Taiwan Deserves Better Than A Joe Biden Presidency\">national security efforts<\/a>. <\/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>\u201cIf you just read the front page of [the bill], it clearly says that it is about the intelligence that\u2019s gathered from foreigners abroad. This is not about Americans\u2019 data. Americans\u2019 data are safe, constitutionally protected,\u201d Rep. Mike Turner (R-OH) said. \u201cAmericans\u2019 constitutional rights are preserved in the Constitution. This amendment undermines our security by giving Americans\u2019 constitutional rights here in the United States to foreign adversaries.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The exclusion of the amendment makes the passage of the FISA reauthorization more likely, as Democrats would have likely opposed the underlying legislation if it included the warrant requirements. Even if it was included and managed to pass the House and Senate, the White House came out in opposition to the amendment on Thursday night, making it unclear whether President Joe Biden would have signed it into law.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a dramatic tied vote, the House refused a contentious proposal banning warrantless surveillance searches by the federal government. This was a setback for staunch Republicans advocating for its inclusion in the expiring national surveillance law. 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