{"id":2219455,"date":"2024-04-12T14:22:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-12T18:22:02","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-04-12T14:24:45","modified_gmt":"2024-04-12T18:24:45","slug":"house-passes-fisa-surveillance-bill-on-fourth-try","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-passes-fisa-surveillance-bill-on-fourth-try\/","title":{"rendered":"House Finally Approves FISA Surveillance Bill after Multiple Attempts"},"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\">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-passes-fisa-surveillance-bill-on-fourth-try%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=2219455&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\u200b Republican-controlled\u2064 U.S. House of Representatives approved the reauthorization of a contentious\u200d surveillance program key to U.S. foreign intelligence efforts. The \u2062bill passed, renewing Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act in a \u2062273-147 vote. Next, the Senate is anticipated to provide bipartisan support. Failure to\u2063 act by\u2063 Congress could \u2063lead to the program&#8217;s expiration on April 19.  <\/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 Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives voted to reauthorize a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/future-of-controversial-surveillance-program-in-question-as-lawmakers-probe-fbi-over-abuses\/\" title=\"Future Of Controversial Surveillance Program In Question As Lawmakers Probe FBI Over Abuses\">controversial surveillance program<\/a> on Friday, in a major step toward keeping a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/crenshaw-the-real-authoritarians\/\" title=\"CRENSHAW: The Real Authoritarians\">key element<\/a> of the United States&#8217; foreign intelligence-gathering operation in place.<\/p>\n<p>The House passed a bill reauthorizing Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act in a 273-147 vote. The<span data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\"> FISA <\/span>bill now moves to the Senate, which is expected to give it bipartisan approval. Without congressional action, the program will expire on April 19.<\/p>\n<p>Approval came after the duration of the bill was changed to two years from a previous version of five years, as some Republicans had sought.<\/p>\n<p><span data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">FISA <\/span>has attracted criticism from both Republican and Democratic lawmakers, who argue it violates Americans&#8217; constitutional right to privacy. The bill was blocked three times in the past five months by House Republicans bucking their party.<\/p>\n<p>The White House, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/taliban-ramps-up-reconquest-of-afghanistan-as-u-s-forces-pull-out\/\" title=\"Taliban Ramps Up Reconquest Of Afghanistan As U.S. Forces Pull Out\">intelligence chiefs<\/a>, and top lawmakers on the House Intelligence Committee have warned of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/landmark-climate-study-says-melting-arctic-wont-lead-to-more-severe-cold-weather\/\" title=\"Landmark Climate Study Says Melting Arctic Won\u2019t Lead to More Severe Cold Weather\">potentially catastrophic effects<\/a> of not reauthorizing the program, which was first created in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.<\/p>\n<p>The reauthorization was thwarted earlier this week when House Republicans refused to support the bill House Speaker Mike Johnson had put forward, which fell short of the changes they wanted.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We will go blind on April 19&#8221; without the program, Representative Mike Turner, the Republican chair of the House Intelligence Committee, told reporters on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Although the right to privacy is enshrined in the U.S. Constitution, the data of foreign nationals gathered by the program often includes communications with Americans, and can be mined by domestic law enforcement bodies such as the FBI without a warrant.<\/p>\n<p>That has alarmed both hardline Republicans and far-left Democrats. Recent revelations that the FBI used this power to hunt for information about Black Lives Matter protesters, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nearly-20000-illegal-queries-of-campaign-donors-by-intel-agencies-draws-bipartisan-anger\/\" title=\"20K illegal donor queries by intel agencies anger both parties.\">congressional campaign donors<\/a> and U.S. lawmakers have\u00a0raised further doubts about the program&#8217;s integrity.\t<\/p>\n<p>A key issue has been an amendment which would require domestic law enforcement agencies to obtain warrants before searching the database. Executive branch officials argue that such a change would undermine the program&#8217;s utility for agencies such as the FBI.<\/p>\n<p>The amendment barely failed in a 212-212 vote ahead of the vote on the bill&#8217;s final passage.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a 273-147 vote, the Republican-controlled U.S. House reauthorized the controversial surveillance program on Friday. This move strengthens the foreign intelligence-gathering operation by approving the renewal of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. 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